For english, click here Escrito por Nikki Drake, quien forma parte del equipo FOR Presente por la Paz. Se encuentra el artículo publicado aquí en NACLA Reporte de las Americas El joven entra en el salón con el rostro tenso y solemne. Ha estado aquí en el batallón más...
Human Rights, Impunity and Justice
8th of July 2000 – Massacre in La Unión / 8 de Julio de 2000 – Masacre de La Unión
On the 8th of July 2000, a group of paramilitaries executed six young leaders of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the center of La Unión. The massacre happened four months after an FOR delegation had visited the Peace Community. After the...
Conscientious Objector Detained in Arauca
En español: Objetor de Consciencia Retenido en Arauca FOR Peace Presence is concerned about the rights and well-being of a conscientious objector who has been held against his will since April 7, 2014 in a military brigade in the department of Arauca. Background...
Objetor de consciencia retenido en Arauca
In English: Conscientious Objector Detained in Arauca FOR Presente por la Paz está muy preocupado por los derechos y la salud de un objetor de conciencia quien está detenido en contra de su voluntad desde el 7 de abril 2014, en una brigada del ejército Colombiano en...
Urgent Action: Threats Against El Tamarindo
Juan Martinez, community leader of ASOTRACAMPO, of the El Tamarindo community, has this evening recieved death threats to his personal cell phone. The message also threatened Colombian activists who have accompanied ASOTRACAMPO. Please send an email to the [American...
“Falsos positivos” en Colombia y el papel de asistencia militar de Estados Unidos
Hace unos días, un investigador de FOR, John Lindsay Poland, presentó en Washington, DC un informe en el tema de las ejecuciones extrajudiciales – los mal llamados “falsos positivos” - y el entrenamiento militar y apoyo financiero que ha recibido el Ejército Nacional...
The Rise and Fall of ‘False Positive’ Killings in Colombia: The Role of U.S. Military Assistance, 2000-2010
Our partner John Lindsay Poland has been working on a ground breaking work looking into the relationship between levels of US aid to Colombia, one of the highest recipients of US military aid and training in the world, and the incidence one of the most grievous forms...
Threat Against Our Partners
Our partner, renown human rights lawyer Jorge Molano, last week represented 3 trade-unions in court, in a successful case to have the Colombian State recognised crimes it committed against those unions from the Presidents office under ex-President Alvaro Uribe Velez....