PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at commemorations of the National Strike of 2021 and the demand for a Truth Commission
On April 28, PBI-Colombia posted on social media:
“Four years after the social outbreak in Colombia, human rights organizations continue to demand truth, justice and reparation through the creation of a Truth Commission for the events that occurred during the protests from 2019 to 2021. In this week of commemoration, we were with Nomadesc and collectives of survivors and relatives of victims, accompanying their advocacy actions against impunity.”
The day before, April 27, Association for Social Research and Action (NOMADESC) also posted:
“It has been four years of walking the memory of #28A of 2021, the day when Colombia woke up, the monuments fell down and the streets of indignation became indignant. Impunity and oblivion have not been able to silence the voices of those who every day shout louder “Justice, truth and reparation”.
We walk more together for the profound transformation of this country, to put an end to police brutality, and the demands for truth about what happened in the social explosion.
So that it never happens again, we demand a #TruthCommissionNow”
Radio Nacional de Colombia provides this context:
“On April 28, 2021, the social outbreak began in Colombia
What began as a demonstration to reject the tax reform promoted by the government of Iván Duque, which hit the pockets of the middle class at a time marked by the pandemic, ended up turning into mass mobilizations around the country.
These citizen expressions not only rejected the tax reform project of the then government, but also served for citizens to express their discontent with the inequality and inequity that, historically, the country had experienced.
However, the then government repressed social protests and the figures of violence rose dramatically.
According to the report ‘Figures of violence in the framework of the 2021 national strike’ by Indepaz and Temblores, more than 3 thousand cases of physical violence were registered, among which they documented “75 murders in the framework of the national strike, of which 44 have been allegedly perpetrated by the Public Force”.
The traces of violence are still latent and there are many families who demand an answer for the disappearance and murder, according to them, of their children.””
Accompaniment
PBI-Colombia provided physical accompaniment throughout the national strike last year. For more on that, please see Updated photo journal: PBI-Colombia accompanies human rights defenders during the national strike (May 21, 2021).
Peace Brigades International has accompanied the Association for Social Research and Action (NOMADESC) since 2011 and its president Berenice Celeita since 1999.
We continue to follow this.
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