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| Title | Bolivia: Whether a specific member of the Bolivian Urban Teachers' Union of La Paz (Federación Departamental de Trabajadores de Educación Urbana de La Paz, FDTEULP) who staged a hunger strike was hospitalized and/or taken away by the authorities in February 1999 and never seen again |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Publication Date | 11 February 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BOL40644.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bolivia: Whether a specific member of the Bolivian Urban Teachers' Union of La Paz (Federación Departamental de Trabajadores de Educación Urbana de La Paz, FDTEULP) who staged a hunger strike was hospitalized and/or taken away by the authorities in February 1999 and never seen again , 11 February 2003, BOL40644.E , available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3f7d4d611f.html [accessed 26 May 2012] |
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Bolivia: Whether a specific member of the Bolivian Urban Teachers' Union of La Paz (Federación Departamental de Trabajadores de Educación Urbana de La Paz, FDTEULP) who staged a hunger strike was hospitalized and/or taken away by the authorities in February 1999 and never seen again
No reference to a member of the Bolivian Urban Teachers' Union of La Paz (Federación Departamental de Trabajadores de Educación Urbana de La Paz, FDTEULP) nor to a male hunger striker being taken by the authorities in February 1999 could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, one source reports that a group of approximately 40 teachers in La Paz began a hunger strike on 5 February 1999 after being suspended from their posts (La Red Obrera 18 Feb. 1999). A follow-up report states that striking teachers were legislated back to work on 17 February 1999 (ibid. 17 Mar. 1999). The source adds that the leader of Bolivia's teachers' unions, Vilma Plata, was arrested after she refused to comply with the back-to-work order (ibid.). Her arrest was reportedly protested by a number of organizations, including the Departmental Federation of Teachers of La Paz (Federación Departamental del Magisterio de La Paz), while the lawyer for the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia (Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Bolivia) demanded her release (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
La Red Obrera/Labournet, England. 17 March 1999. "Bolivia: Piden liberación de profesora." <http://www.labournet.org.uk/spanish/1999/bolmaestros3.html> [Accessed 10 Feb. 2003]
_____. 18 February 1999. "Bolivia: Gobierno cumplió amenaza y suspendió a huelguistas." <http://www.labournet.org.uk/spanish/1999/bolmaestros2.html> [Accessed 10 Feb. 2003]
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports 1999. 2000
Cronología Andina/Andean Commission of Jurists, Lima. February-March 1999
IRB Databases
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1999
Internet sites and search engines, including:
Amnesty International
Correo del Sur [Sucre]
Federación Latinoamericana de Trabajadores de la Educación y la Cultura (FLATEC)
Human Rights Watch
La Prensa [La Paz]. Searchable archives
La Razón [La Paz]. Searchable archives
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