AUDIO-Bloody Oil/ BP actions in Colombia denounced at Permanent Peoples´ Tribunal http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Bloody-Oil?lang=es

The communities of Tauramena municipality, Colombia, located to the South-West of Casanare department, have been suffering for years impacts to their territory caused by the oil industry.For this reason, Colombian Social Association for Community Assistance and Capacity Building (COSPAC) and British Solidarity Campaign UK will submit a case to denounce British Petroleum at the Permanent Peoples´ Tribunal.

According to the organizations, BP has dried natural water wells, polluting water resources for human consumption. In addition, it has caused landslides and sound and atmospheric contamination. The oil company has violated union rights and has threatened families to force them to sell their lands