Colombia

COLOMBIA: Peace negotiations between the FARC and the Government begin

Hannah — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 03:50:58 +0000

COLOMBIA: Peace negotiations between the FARC and the Government begin Hannah Tue, 07/06/2021 - 03:50

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 23:22:44 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Mon, 07/05/2021 - 23:22

PBI publishes graphic novel about the history of the project and the organisations and individuals it accompanies in Colombia.

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:18:51 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Mon, 07/05/2021 - 22:18

In August 2020, in a historic ruling for Colombia, the successor to the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior were condemned for the threats, kidnapping and systematic psychological torture that journalist Claudia Julieta Duque was subjected to at the hands of the defunct DAS from 23 July 2001 to April 2010. The ruling comes after the journalist filed a lawsuit in 2012 for the illegal actions against her for her journalistic work and investigation of the crime of the humourist and comedian Jaime Garzón.

PBI has accompanied Claudia in her active human rghts defence work as a journalist since 2010.

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:12:43 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Mon, 07/05/2021 - 22:12

In 2009 various human rights defenders, among them the founder of DH Colombia, lawyer Jorge Molano, denounced that they were victims of a state policy to spy on human rights defenders, which was gravely affecting their guarantees to carry out their work, and their personal security.

As a result, in 2016 various members of the, by then decommissioned, DAS (state intelligence agency) were called to trial for illegal wire-tapping (“chuzadas”) and surveillance of journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders and members of congress who were in opposition of Álvaro Uribe Vélez’s government.

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:07:00 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Mon, 07/05/2021 - 22:07

Inspired by the Humanitarian Zones that were formed in regions such as Curbaradó and Cacarica in Urabá and accompanied by the Interchurch Commission for Justice and Peace (CIJP), the first Humanitarian Space within an urban context was implemented in Buenaventura. These Zones are a community initiative which have the aim of allowed people to continue living in their territories, despite the dangers caused by the dynamics of the armed conflict.

PBI has accompanied different Humanitarian Zones across the country, supporting the community's rejection of any armed actor within the territory.

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:53:56 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Mon, 07/05/2021 - 21:53

David Ravelo, a recognized human rights defender in Barrancabermeja and founding member of CREDHOS, was arrested, accused of being the mastermind of the murder, in 1991, of a local public official, a crime that he, according to his legal defence, never committed. In December 2012, after 26 months awaiting sentencing, he was condemned to 18 years in prison. In June 2017, Ravelo was released on parole, pending the decision from the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) regarding his request that his case be transferred from the ordinary justice courts to this special transitional justice tribunal.

PBI accompanied David Ravelo throughout his time in prison.

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Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Hannah — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:35:52 +0000

COLOMBIA Hannah Wed, 04/14/2021 - 19:35

1996 was a year of political instability and increased risk and criminalization for HRDs in Colombia. PBI accompaniment helped ensure that lawyers from the Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) could continue their work in Colombia despite the high level of risk.

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Colombia

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Michel Forst

Hannah — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:56:54 +0000

Michel Forst

Hannah Fri, 04/09/2021 - 13:56

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Colombia

Carlos Fernández

Hannah — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:54:43 +0000

Carlos Fernández

Hannah Fri, 04/09/2021 - 13:56

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Colombia

Gwen Burnyeat

Hannah — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 22:18:52 +0000

Gwen Burnyeat

It is the direct contact with the people that working in the field gives you, that makes the hard work of the ‘brigadista’, the hours on the road, the longer hours in the office, all worthwhile.

Gwen Burnyeat
Colombia

Hannah Sat, 04/03/2021 - 22:18

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Colombia

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