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In collaboration with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), María Eugenia Mosquera made a statement on Monday to the UN Human Rights Council. You can watch her statement starting at 2:35:59 (Presentation #102) UN Web TV: 4 General Debate (Cont'd) -...

We recently joined representatives from various embassies, OxFam, PBI, Global Justice and Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective on an international delegation to Buenaventura. This delegation was organized because of the increasing violence in Buenaventura and the...

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Slightly changed, originally published in German, February 2020 Together with Enrique Chimonja, María Eugenia has been working as a human rights defender in the Colombian Pacific, mainly in the port city of Buenaventura and the surrounding district, for more than 10...

(Repost from IFOR-Austria) (Español Aquí)  Once again FOR joined the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó, Colombia, in their commemoration of February 21. On February 21, 2005 people were killed, including 3 children and community leader Luis Eduardo Guerra. This...

(publicado en IFOR Austria - Versöhnungsbund) (English version) Una vez más FOR acompañó a la Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó, Colombia, en la conmemoración del 21 de febrero.   El 21 de febrero de 2005 fueron asesinadas 8 personas, entre ellas 3 niños y el...

February 1, 2021 On Friday January 29th and Saturday January 30th, the human rights defender María Eugenia Mosquera was threatened by Whatsapp for the second time, while she was in Buenaventura with representatives from Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Peace...

NUEVAS AMENAZAS CONTRA DEFENSORA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS MARÍA EUGENIA MOSQUERA RIASCOS A la Comunidad Internacional, febrero 1 de 2020 El viernes 29  y  sábado 30 de enero,  y por segunda ocasión, la defensora de derechos humanos María Eugenia Mosquera, mientras se...