On May 31, PBI-Mexico posted: “Yesterday we accompanied the 11th National March in the context of International Week of the Disappeared Detainee.” PBI-Mexico adds: “From PBI we express deep concern about the serious human rights crisis and enforced disappearance in the country and withdraw to the authorities the importance of Read more…
An urgent situation appears to be developing at the Costayaco oil field in Putumayo, Colombia operated by Calgary-based Gran Tierra Energy. Corporación Viso Mutop has just tweeted this video noting: “This is the situation inside the oil well of the Canadian multinational Gran Tierra. Peasants, tired of waiting for the Read more…
Photo by El Diario Chihuahua. On May 31, the Peace Brigades International-Project tweeted: “Team in Chihuahua observes the mobilization of indigenous communities affected by the tourist projects in Barrancas del Cobre, who defend their territory.” This follows this tweet from the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC) that notes: “The peaceful protest Read more…
When we wrote you a week ago, we announced that we would be holding a webinar on Thursday June 3 at 3:30 pm EDT about the situation in Colombia. We knew the organizations that would participate, now we can update you on the speakers: Berenice Celeita from the Association for Read more…
To register for this webinar, click here. On the evening of Friday May 28, Colombian president Ivan Duque stated in a televised message: “From tonight begins the maximum deployment of military assistance to the national police in Cali and the province of Valle.” Deutsche Welle reports: “Duque has ordered nearly Read more…
Image from Nomadesc video. On May 28, the Association for Research and Social Action (Nomadesc) tweeted video with the caption: “Armed civilians accompanied by police and army agents, shoot at the mobilization of students, social sectors and the front lines of the Univalle mobilization point located at Carrera 100 with Read more…
On Friday, organizations including PBI-Colombia, WOLA, LAWG, CRIC, Temblores and the Colombia Human Rights Committee met with the U.S. State Department. On May 28, Agencia de Información Laboral (AIL) reported: “Several human rights platforms met with officials from the U.S. Department of State.” The AIL article continues: “The meeting was Read more…
On May 28, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page: “Yesterday, PBI accompanied the TZK’AT Network of Ancestral Healers in the hearing of the human rights defender, Delia Leal Mollinedo. The judge decided to give the MP [Public Ministry] two more months for the investigation.” Delia Adelina Read more…
On May 28, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted: “PBI accompanies on the week of the disappeared detainee the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation in Bogota. They ask the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) the opening of a macro case on forced disappearances. According to Defenders of Liberty, human rights organizations Read more…
Oscar Ramirez is a Bogota-based lawyer and the vice-president of the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP). To hear him speak on a webinar happening on Thursday June 3 about the current situation in Colombia, please register here. CSPP calls for the dismantling of the ESMAD riot police The Read more…