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28 October, 2005
The ICFTU’s Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations was released 18 October, covering the year 2004.
The union confederation of national labour centers found a total of 145 murders of trade union leaders in 2004, 16 higher than in 2003. And again in 2004, Colombia leads the world with 99 killings of union leaders.
The report, which documents over 700 violent attacks on trade union leaders in 136 countries, can be found at www.icftu.org/survey2005.