By Rene Wadlow Thursday, September 27, 2012, 9:14am The symbolic start of the Fellowship of Reconciliation was in 1914, on the eve of the First World War. Henry Hodgkin, a British member of the Religious Society of Friends and a former missionary doctor to China, and...
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Indigenous Nasa Resist Militarization in Cauca
By FOR Colombia Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 1:52am by Gina Spigarelli On July 11, the indigenous Nasa of Cauca, Colombia began confronting armed groups face to face and peacefully asking them to leave Nasa territories. They removed police trenches from the urban center...
Indigenous Nasa Resist Militarization in Cauca
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:...
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...
Behind Flowers and Flags, Unionists Still Face Violence
By FOR Colombia Thursday, May 31, 2012, 12:50am By Emily Schmitz In April, distracted by the scandals of Barack Obama’s Secret Service detail at the Summit of the Americas, a six-year stagnant trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia was quietly implemented. With...
Nashville, TN: The Courage to Refuse War: Colombian conscientious objector speaks
The Fellowship of Reconciliation presents an informal evening of conversation with a Colombia conscientious objector at the home of Bill Northrup, member of FOR’s National Council: The Courage to RefuseWar: A path to promote nonviolence and social justice Colombian...