By John Lindsay-Poland We are concerned that Colombian Army actions in San José de Apartadó put peace community residents and FOR observers in acute danger, and are in violation of the recent Colombian Constitutional Court ruling regarding the security of peace...
Militarism
Expansion of Colombian Military Criminal Jurisdiction
Impunity Guaranteed By Alejandro Gonzalez December was marked by an increase of military presence in the San José de Apartadó Peace Community and surrounding veredas (settlements). Helicopters flew constantly, while troops walked by and positioned themselves in...
Rhetoric and Reality
The Iraq War Seven Years On By Josh Stieber The simple days are gone where I could recall with fondness the words of a once-beloved leader and feel the inspiring chills toward a noble cause. “America is a friend to the people of Iraq,” the commander-in-chief had said,...
Threats Against Cauca Indigenous Communities Continue
September 2012 - We reported in July on the Nasa indigenous mobilization to collectively evict armed groups from their territories in the southwestern Cauca department. In dramatic actions, unarmed Nasa indigenous guards carried soldiers from a post on a sacred site,...
Fayetteville, NC: BPFNA/Quaker House Friendship Tour: A Front-Line Peace Witness
Posted by Ethan Vesely-Flad Monday, August 12, 2013, 2:29pm Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America Located near Fort Bragg (one of the largest military bases in the US), Quaker House is a manifestation of the peace testimony of the Religious Society of Friends. In...
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...
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...
Conscientious objection to paying taxes for killing people
By David Hartsough Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 11:59am Dear Friends, We are Conscientious Objectors and cannot in conscience kill other human beings. We deeply believe that we are all God’s children and we are all brothers and sisters. Just as we cannot kill our brother...