3 saboteurs. Despite this, the march had been held by the Association for fifteen years and it had complied with the legal requisites to gain authorization for the march. g) on May 15, 1997, the Association was forced to close its Ocaña section offices on account of the serious harassment to which its officials were subjected; h) the Association held various complaint and informative activities from May 25 to June 1, 1997, all as part of the celebration of the international week of the detained-disappeared; i) on May 29, 1997, the Association made known to the Prosecutor Delegate for Human Rights, the events related to the presence of the SIPOL agents in its offices in Santafé de Bogotá (supra, Having Seen 3, section f); j) on June 24, 1997, an explosive device with approximately five kilograms of dynamite destroyed the ASFADDES' Medellín section offices and files; k) currently a decision is pendingon an administrative request for nullification in a highly pertinent and sensitive case involving former General Alvaro VelandiaHurtado, a senior army officer, in connection with the disappearance of Nidia Erika Bautista, sister of Ms. Yanette Bautista, mother of Mr. Erik Arellano-Bautista and aunt of Mr. José Publio Bautista. At that time the Commission considered that this judicial pronouncement would have sweeping repercussions on the members of the Association (infra, Having Seen 4, section a and h). 4. The description of individual acts allegedy perpetrated against the persons on whose behalf the adoption of measures are being requested, are summarized as follows: a) in regards to Ms. Yanette Bautista, Legal Director and Ex-President of the Association, the Commission states that on December 23, 1996, the DAS agent that visited Ms. Evidalia Chacón (supra, Having Seen 3, section e) tried to check on her whereabouts and information and informed that they were doing so in order “to take measures to avoid that something would happen to her.” The Commission also states that the imminent judicial decision in the case of the disappearance of her sister would affect her (supra, Having Seen 3, section k). b) in regards to Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio and Miriam Rosas Ascanio, they testified in the case of their brother, who disappeared with other peasant farmers in January 1993 and for this reason their security situation has been worsened; c) in regards to Faride Ascanio, an employee of the Ocaña regional office of the Association and Carmen Barrera, a board member of that same office, the Commission alleges that they were the object of “grave and serious acts of harassment...by alleged paramilitary members, such as being followed by cars without license plates and threatening telephone calls”, all as a result of their work on the case of the disappearances of Mr. Luis Ernesto Ascanio and others; d) in regards to Ms. Astrid Manrique, an employee of the Association in its Popayán section, the Commission states that since May 8, 1997, she has been watched and followed by people that have identified themselves as members of the DAS or from a security organ of the State. Also, on June 25, 1997, she was followed