During the last months we have been repeatedly alarmed about the dramatically increasing rates of threats and attacks against human rights defenders in Colombia. Since the start of 2018, over 100 Human Rights defenders have been killed. Seemingly, the situation has...
Human Rights, Impunity and Justice
Ongoing Crisis in the Naya River
On May 11th and 12th, FORPP participated in a humanitarian mission to the Naya River, along with our partners the Intereclesial Commission of Peace and Justice and CONPAZ, as well as the other accompaniment organizations PBI and Witness for Peace. We went to observe...
Interview with Enrique Chimonja Coy, “Defender of the Year”
"A human rights defender is someone who consciously acts on their profound sensitivity for life, and who does it in act of love and commitment for the lives of others." Para la versión en Español haz click acá. Since 2014, FORPP has accompanied Human Rights activist...
Life and Death in Buenaventura: A Continuing Story of Forced Displacement
Para la versión en español, haz clic aquí. Written by Pendle Marshall-Hallmark, FOR Peace Presence accompanier, 2/17/2017 The day I arrived in Colombia to begin my new position as an international human rights accompanier, the decaying, mangled bodies of...
Vida y muerte en Buenaventura: una persistente historia de desplazamiento forzado
For the English version, click here. Escrito por Pendle Marshall-Hallmark, acompañante internacional de FOR Presente por la Paz, el 17 de febrero del 2017. El día que llegué a Colombia para empezar mi nuevo trabajo como acompañante internacional, los cuerpos...
Public Apologies and Reconciliation: FARC Take Responsibility for La Chinita Massacre
Para la versión en español haz click aqui. Written by Tom Power, FOR-PP accompanier, who was present at the September event. The article was also published by Global Voices. A few days before the national plebiscite vote that rejected the peace accords, two of the...
A Racial Analysis of Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite
written by Chris Courtheyn, FOR Peace Presence Board member I offer the following analysis of the recent Colombian plebiscite as a political geographer from the United States, currently working in Colombia, who has worked in solidarity with Colombian human rights...
Hope in the Midst of a Violent Crisis: Life in Buenaventura´s Urban Humanitarian Space
By Nikki Drake, accompanier at FOR Peace Presence Article originally published on Upside Down World An alarm of lively music starts each day around 6am, and the street slowly comes to life. Sweetened coffee percolates in houses, fishermen head out in their small...