Tag Archives: Human Rights
Bloodshed in Llorente, Tumaco: Massacre and Infamy
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) By José Antonio Gutiérrez D., Rebelión The massacre that took place recently in … Read More »
RECOMMENDATIONS TO STOP THE MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
(Translated by CSN Volunteer Translator Steve Cagan) By Colombia2020, El Espectador, September 12, 2017 Three reports by the non-governmental program … Read More »
THE MINERS OF SEGOVIA AND REMEDIOS ARE PROTESTING TO DEMAND GUARANTEES THAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT WILL BE FORMALIZED
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) For the third time this July, the small-scale miners of those two municipalities … Read More »
The Awry Steps of Gas Natural Union Fenosa in Colombia: Chronicle of an intervention foretold
(Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator- Edited by Shanise Faust) In a timely fashion the Colombian government decided to take … Read More »
Colombia: Peace agreement must open the door to justice
Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/colombia-peace-agreement-must-open-the-door-to-justice/ 1 December 2016, 10:27 UTC The ratification of the peace agreement marks the beginning of a new and … Read More »
WE, THE ORGANIZATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND VICTIMS, SUPPORT THE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, AGREED TO IN HAVANA, AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BATTLE AGAINST IMPUNITY
(Translated by Gerry Millrine, CSN Volunteer Translator- Edited by Shanise Faust) Source: http://coeuropa.org.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Orgs-DDHH-respaldan-punto-5.pdf OPEN LETTER TO HIS HONOR, THE PRESIDENT OF … Read More »
Moisés Varón, the Director of the USO Detained for Protesting Against Fracking in San Martín, Freed
(Translated by Deryn Collins, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://censat.org/es/noticias/liberado-moises-varon-dirigente-de-la-uso-detenido-por-protestar-contra-el-fracking-en-san-martin Esmad attacks the community that began the civil stoppage against fracking. Various … Read More »
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE COVENANT EVALUATES THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Thursday, October 20, 2016 Source: https://derechodMelpueblo.blogspot.com.co/2016/estado-colombiano=evaluadado-ante-el.html Multiple rights (formally recognized) have been violated … Read More »
The ELN and the Colombian State: A Vicious Circle of Violence
By: Andrés Vásquez, from the Peace Delegation of the ELN / Source: Resumen Latinoamericano/ The Dawn News / September … Read More »
Colombia Heads the List with the Greatest Number of Displaced Persons
(Translated by Rolf Schoeneborn, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/elmundo/colombia-encabeza-listado-de-paises-mayor-numero-de-des-articulo-638816 Colombia thus tops other nations in armed conflict like Syria (6.6 million) and … Read More »