The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on social media:
“Five years after the 2021 Social Uprising / National Strike, Peace Brigades International was in Cali accompanying the Association for Research and Social Action (Nomadesc) at various events focused on remembrance, listening, and demanding truth, justice, and reparations for the victims of human rights violations that occurred during the social protests.
We participated in the listening space organized by the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts and in the People’s Public Hearing in Siloé, alongside victims, family members, and social organizations that continue to denounce impunity and defend the memory and dignity of those who were killed, disappeared, and those who continue to face prosecution, injured, persecuted, and displaced in the context of social protest.
We listened to the voices of those who, despite the pain and the multiple and severe hardships they have endured, continue to demand guarantees of non-repetition and the recognition of historical truth.
At PBI, we are deeply concerned about the persistence of high levels of impunity regarding the human rights violations that occurred during the Social Uprising. We are also concerned about patterns of gender-based violence against women, girls, and LGBTIQ+ people, as well as acts of racist and classist violence, documented by organizations such as Amnesty International.
We call on the international community, the diplomatic corps, and our support network to continue accompanying and supporting the efforts of victims, organizations, and independent truth-seeking mechanisms. We also urge national institutions to ensure the necessary resources and conditions so that initiatives such as the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts can continue to create spaces for listening, documentation, and the formulation of recommendations aimed at truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-repetition.”
We continue to follow this.
