By Susana Pimiento Aftermath of a Massacre On June 5, the Antioquia State Court overturned the acquittal for four of ten Army officers in the case of the 2005 San José de Apartadó massacre and sentenced them to 34 years in prison. Though this ruling could be...
Month: June 2012
Giraffes and Dragons
Two animals that accompany my presence in a war zone By Elisabeth Rohrmoser It’s not that I don’t like animals. I don’t like to share my personal life with them: my house, my food, my body. Accompanying a rural community in Colombia not only means living in close...
FOR Celebrates Ten Years in Colombia with Political Forum and Cocktail in Bogota
By FOR Colombia by Gina Spigarelli FOR team members with Colombian human rights defendersWhen we began to think about how we wanted to celebrate ten years of FOR’s accompaniment program in Colombia, it was clear from all perspectives that we did not just want to have...
Giraffes and Dragons
By FOR Colombia Monday, June 25, 2012, 6:19am Two animals that accompany my presence in a war zone By Elisabeth Rohrmoser It’s not that I don’t like animals. I don’t like to share my personal life with them: my house, my food, my body. Accompanying a rural community...
FOR Celebrates Ten Years in Colombia with Political Forum and Cocktail in Bogota
By FOR Colombia Monday, June 25, 2012, 11:07pm by Gina Spigarelli FOR team members with Colombian human rights defendersWhen we began to think about how we wanted to celebrate ten years of FOR’s accompaniment program in Colombia, it was clear from all perspectives...
The Marcha Patriótica
By FOR Colombia Friday, June 1, 2012, 11:54am The Marcha Patriótica’s Potential Role in Ending the Colombian Conflict Up to 100,000 Colombians marched in Bogota on April 23, launching the “Patriotic March,” the Marcha Patriótica. Alejo Vargas Velásquez comments. The...