Yearly Archives: 2021

Colombian president Duque announces “maximum deployment of military assistance” as national strike continues

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...

Nomadesc tweets video of armed civilians shooting at national strike mobilization in Cali

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...

PBI-Colombia at civil society meeting with State Department that calls on the U.S. to condemn police violence in Colombia

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...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies TZK’AT Network at court hearing for women and children’s rights defender Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo

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...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as it calls for a JEP macro case on forced disappearances

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...

CSPP lawyer Oscar Ramirez to speak about dismantling the Colombian ESMAD riot police at PBI webinar on June 3rd

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...

Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation rejects the arbitrary detention of two of its members by the Colombian national police

On May 27 (at 8:40 pm), the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation tweeted: “URGENT! We reject arbitrary detention of two members of the Nydia Erika...

The US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) withdraws financial support for the Jilamito dam in Honduras

On May 27, Vice News reported: “The U.S. government withdrew financial support this week from a proposed dam in Honduras that is at the...

One month into the national strike, what’s next for Colombia?

The national strike that began on April 28 continues with no end in sight. We wanted to explore these questions with you: What are the...

Service Employees International Union expresses solidarity with the National Strike in Colombia

Photo: SEIU President Mary Kay Henry. The American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and Service Employees...
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