153. The Colombian State said that the Internal Affairs Office, in keeping with its preventive function, would continue overseeing the process of custody, consultation, and screening of the intelligence data and archives of the DAS.271 2.3. Other military intelligence activities 154. Aside from the intelligence activities of the DAS, the petitioners also mentioned other similar acts to the detriment of CCAJAR members. 155. There is a May 1999 report prepared by the Internal Affairs Office concerning information obtained from a review of the intelligence archives of a number of state agencies, including the DAS, the National Police, and the Army.272 That information contained data on several human rights defenders, including the following members of CCAJAR: Soraya Gutiérrez, Rafael Barrios, Eduardo Carreño, Reinaldo Villalba, and Alirio Uribe.273 156. There is also a military intelligence report entitled “Miscellaneous” (Miscelánea). The report was signed by the XIII Army Brigade headquartered in Bogotá and was obtained in the course of a judicial inspection conducted on November 6, 1996, at the facilities of the Army Artillery School in Bogotá.274 157. The report contains a list of suspected sympathizers or members of guerrilla groups, including civic leaders, mayors, and human rights defenders. Among them, the lawyer Alirio Uribe was said to belong to the ELN support network and to be leading a campaign to have the bandits declared political prisoners.275 158. The petitioners also referred to the existence of telephone intercepts targeting CCAJAR members.276 They said that 24,000 illegal intercepts carried out by the Police Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Extortion Group (Grupo Antisecuestro y Antiextorsión de la Policía – GAULA) in Medellin had been recognized.277 They said that the sounds of a police station radio could be heard from Alirio Uribe’s house.278 159. In addition, the petitioners alleged acts of espionage and surveillance against CCAJAR lawyers, including (i) the recording of a private conversation between the lawyer Rafael Barrios Mendivil and his wife, Kimberly Stanton, in 2011;279 (ii) photographing of CCAJAR staff from a taxi with the license plate VEA 012, belonging to SIJIN, in 2012;280 (iii) the leak and misrepresentation of the participation of CCAJAR in the peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the FARC in Havana, in 2014;281 and (iv) SIJIN intelligence activities in relation to the legal work of the lawyer Reinaldo Villalba in February 2015.282 3. Stigmatizing and/or threatening statements by public officials against CCAJAR members State’s brief containing observations on merits, January 23, 2015. Internal Affairs Office (Procuraduría General de la Nación), Archive review report of May 7, 1999. Annex 20 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 273 Internal Affairs Office, Archive review report of May 7, 1999. Annex 20 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 274 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 912, Abstention decision September 12, 2006. Annex 36 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 275 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 912, Abstention decision September 12, 2006. Annex 36 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 276 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 277 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 278 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 279 PM-128-00. Petitioners' communications of April 11 and 12, May 9, and June 5, 2012. Also in: CCAJAR, “Nuevas evidencias de seguimientos al CCAJAR” [New evidence of surveillance of CCAJAR], May 23, 2011. Available at: http://www.colectivodeabogados.org/nuestro-trabajo/noticias-CCAJAR/Nuevas-evidencias-de-seguimientos 280See: PM-128-00, Petitioners’ communication of February 7, 2012. 281See: PM-128-00, Petitioners' communication of November 21, 2013. 282 Annex 1 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015. 271 272 30