regarding
[…] Astrid Manrique.” It stated that “bearing in mind that the
representatives of the beneficiaries consider that the measures in favor of […] Astrid
Manrique should be maintained by virtue of her work as a human rights defender in
other social organizations different to ASFADDES, an organization of which she [is] no
longer a member […], […] the context and specific situations that prompted the
adoption of these provisional measures are intrinsically related to acts of violence
against the ASFADDES organization or its members.” The State further indicated that
on May 15, 2012 the National Protection Unit reported that in the context of these
measures Mrs. Manrique had received 37 transport subsidies and three national air
tickets between 2008 and 2010.
56.
In a report dated December 28, 2011, the representatives explained that
“Astrid Manrique stopped being a member of ASFADDES and joined the Familiares de
Colombia Foundation”, but that she “forms part of the victims’ group in the petition
submitted by Members of ASFADDES, Case 11.764, Colombia, which is currently being
processed before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.”
57.
According to the Commission, “the representatives indicated that […] Astrid
Manrique w[ould] continue her work to combat the practice of forced disappearance
[…and] that the provisional measures granted in her favor should not be lifted.”
58.
Given that there have been no reports of actions that would constitute a specific
situation of extreme gravity and urgency regarding Mrs. Astrid Manrique since the
Order of February 8, 2008 was issued, the Court decides to lift the provisional
measures granted in her favor.
3.4.
Erik Arellana Bautista
59.
On December 10, 2010 the State reported that “in January 2009 [Erik Arellana
Bautista] was provided with a […] cell phone as a measure of protection and […]a road
transport subsidy for 100 hours monthly for a term of six […] months. Subsequently,
[…] in the month of May, two […] national air tickets were approved monthly. The last
risk assessment was conducted in December 2008 and produce[d] an extraordinary
result.”
60.
The representatives reported that Erik Arellana Bautista, (a former member of
ASFADDES), and currently a member of the “Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation”, in the
course of his work “as a human rights defender in different parts of the country, has
had to face interference in these activities by the police.” They added that the “risk
assessment shows that [the risk] is very high and therefore extraordinary mechanisms
are required to confront the danger.” Furthermore, they stated that the “information
provided by the Government reflects its lack of interest and timely attention to
situations that the State itself has assessed as extraordinary.” They added that on
February 8, 2009, the beneficiary and other people suffered acts of violence by armed
men who attacked them during a workshop imparted by the Foundation, stealing video
and photographic equipment from them. They alleged that “[o]n February 21, 2012, a
man with boots and a military-style haircut stood at the entrance to the office of the
Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation for Human Rights and approached Erick Arrellana with
a hostile attitude [and] used aggressive words against him.”
61.
In response to the incident of February 21, 2012, the State reported on March
30, 2012, that “a high level meeting took place with the participation of Mr. Erick
Arellana and other members of the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation for Human Rights,
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