By FOR Colombia Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 1:52am by Gina Spigarelli See Cauca Up Close: We Women Warriors We Women Warriors features a profile of Nasa leader Flor Ilva Trochez, who led a peaceful movement to dismantle police barracks. Filmmaker Nicole Karsin writes:...
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Peace Community leader Eduar Lancheros has passed into history
By FOR Colombia Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 2:55pm Eduar Lancheros, a leader in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, was the one who first asked FOR to accompany the community with a regular presence. “We want you to be a witness to who we are,” he said. He died...
U.S. Aid to Colombia Contravenes Human Rights Intentions
By FOR Colombia Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 1:17am New Report Shows Dramatic Ties to Extrajudicial Killings A detailed report released today by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) describes how U.S. funding to the Colombian military has been supporting army units...
Limited Ruling Paves Way for International Criminal Court
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...
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...