Colombia

PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP at Roundtable meeting visibilizing the criminalization of social leaders who opposed Frontera Energy

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) at the recent meeting of the Roundtable for Human Rights in the face of corporate power (la Mesa por los DDHH frente al poder empresarial) and the United Nations Business and Human Rights Working Group. Agencia Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community on the 24th anniversary of July 8 massacre as paramilitary threats against community continue

PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompany the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, @sanjoapartadó in the commemoration of the massacre of July 8, 2000, in which 6 of its members were murdered in the village of La Unión by paramilitaries in collusion with the security forces. To remember is an Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Read the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project Annual Report 2023

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has just released its Annual Report 2023. You can read that in English here. Their annual report highlights: “Our mission is to protect action spaces for human rights defenders who are targeted by violent acts because of their work in defending and promoting human rights Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation on verification mission after Ecuadorian army incursion into Indigenous reserve

PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied @fundacionnydiaerikabautista [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation] on the verification mission to the San Marcelino reserve in Putumayo following the incursion of the Ecuadorian army into the reserve in 2023. The Foundation reiterated the need to respect and safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples. Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in humanitarian search for missing persons in Sur de Bolivar

CREDHOS has posted: “The humanitarian search has an intrinsic value: solidarity. Many people accompany and support the search, feeling empathy for people living with uncertainty about the whereabouts of their loved one. From there is fundamental for the community, in which the different actors in the territory contribute to the Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners raises concerns about UNDMO eviction in Barranquilla

The Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) has posted a series of tweets that begins with: “ALERT #Now we denounce eviction in Altos de Pinar del Río #Barranquilla by @alcaldiabquilla [Mayor’s Office of Barranquilla] led by @SecGobiernoBaq [the District Secretariat of Government of Barranquilla] and @PoliciaBquilla [Barranquilla Metropolitan Police] Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at #DefendamosLaVida meetings with the European Union in Colombia

Photo: Carlos Arturo Morales Mallorga of CAHUCOPANA with members of the PBI-Colombia team and others in Bogota, July 2. On July 1, Peace Brigades International-Colombia, Race and Equality, Protection international, the International Office of Human Rights Action Colombia (OIDHACO), and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) expressed appreciation that the Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in Guayabo as AGROPEGU and JAPROLASAN recognized in Case 08

Photo by CREDHOS. PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in the Community of Guayabo, Puerto Wilches, Santander, in workshops with victims on Restorative Justice in the framework of the JEP [Special Jurisdiction for Peace]. The JEP accredits the associations AGROPEGU [Agricultural Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Geneva notes violence related to business investments, calls for a Binding Treaty at UN Human Rights Council

During the Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations at the United Nations Human Rights Council session on June 6 in Geneva, Switzerland, Peace Brigades International expressed “its concerns about violence in business investment contexts in Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.” The full statement is as follows: “In Colombia, we continue to observe Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community touring villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo

PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied the Peace Community @sanjoapartado, touring the villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo in #Urabá. Their community work strengthens the defense of the territory from food sovereignty. We recognize this political project, which persists in search of peace and respect for life. #WeArePBI” Moira Birss, Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago