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IN COLOMBIA, IT’S LETHAL TO DEFEND THE LAND, THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND NATURE
VerdadAbierta.com, June 13, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) In the middle of the reactivation of social and …

CSN Newsletter Spring 2022
This edition of our CSN Newsletter Action on Colombia features the following articles: What Does the Capture of ‘Otoniel’ Mean …
PRESIDENT IVÁN DUQUE FLUNKS HUMAN RIGHTS
CambioColombia, June 14, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/articulo/poder/el-presidente-ivan-duque-se-raja-en-derechos-humanos (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) President Iván Duque’s work on human rights leaves …
CHANGING TO A COUNTERCURRENT
By Andrei Gómez Suárez, La Silla Vacia, June 16, 2022 https://www.lasillavacia.com/historias/historias-silla-llena/cambio-a-contracorriente/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) It’s been …
FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR AGENTS OF THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CRIMES AGAINST SOCIAL LEADERS
Colombia+20, EL ESPECTADOR, June 12, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/jep-y-desaparecidos/miembros-del-das-ejercito-y-policia-participaron-en-ataques-y-asesinatos-a-lideres-sociales-entre-1985-y-2016-segun-comision-colombiana-de-juristas/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) A report presented to the JEP …
THE DISPLACEMENTS IN EL PINCHE ARE A SUFFERING THAT CAN’T SEEM TO END IN ARGELIA
By Camilo Pardo Quintero, EL ESPECTADOR, June 11, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/familias-de-argelia-cauca-han-sido-desplazadas-por-enfrentamiento-con-disidencias-de-las-farc/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN volunteer translator) Nearly 177 families …
SEVENTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE HOMICIDES OF SOCIAL LEADERS IN ANTIOQUIA REMAIN IN IMPUNITY
EL ESPECTADOR, June 9, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia/medellin/el-78-de-los-homicidios-a-lideres-sociales-en-antioquia-quedan-en-impunidad/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The murders of human rights defenders in …
THE HELL OF FORCED RECRUITMENT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN CALDONO (CAUCA)
By Camilo Pardo Quintero, EL ESPECTADOR, June 5, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/el-infierno-del-reclutamiento-forzado-que-viven-los-jovenes-de-caldono-cauca/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The armed groups …
THE KEY WITH WHICH THE JEP CAN OPEN ITS INVESTIGATION OF “PARAPOLITICA”
By Felipe Morales Sierra, EL ESPECTADOR, June 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/la-clave-para-que-la-jep-comenzara-a-investigar-la-parapolitica/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín …
IN THE JEP, OTONIEL’S MEMORIES OF THE WAR
EL ESPECTADOR, June 4, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/memorias-de-la-guerra-de-otoniel-en-la-jep/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) El Espectador has seen all of the …