Tag Archives: murders of social leaders
LETTER TO PRESIDENT DUQUE CONCERNING THE MURDER OF ELIAS GALINDO AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF PIEDAD CORDOBA RUIZ
October 2, 2020 Dear President Duque: I write on behalf of the Colombia Support Network (CSN), a nonprofit human rights …
ENOUGH! THE NEW SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE IS JOLTING THE COUNTRY
SEMANA, August 22, 2020 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/masacres-en-narino-cauca-y-arauca-sacuden-a-colombia-en-pandemia–noticias-hoy/696294 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Selective murders, displacement, criminals fighting for territory. Five …
MILITARIZATION HAS NOT BROUGHT MORE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING TO THE TERRITORIES
By Colombia in Transition, EL ESPECTADOR, July 8, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/que-papel-ha-tenido-la-fuerza-publica-en-el-cese-del-conflicto-armado/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There has to …
SOCIAL LEADERS: BETWEEN THREATS BY THE DISSIDENTS AND ACCUSATIONS BY THE ARMY
By Edinson Arley Bolaños, EL ESPECTADOR, June 24, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/territorio/lideres-sociales-amenazados-por-las-disidencias-y-acusados-por-el-ejercito/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Days before and …
“HERE THE ALARM GOES OFF WHEN WE’VE ALREADY BEEN KILLED”: RENACER COMMUNITY COUNCIL
By Valentina Parada, EL ESPECTADOR, June 19, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/consejo-comunitario-renacer-del-micay-denuncia-amenazas-y-persecucion/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) On June 12, armed …
THREE STORIES, THREE LIVES CUT SHORT, AND THEY KEEP ON WITH THE KILLING
By Elisabeth Unger Bleier, EL ESPECTADOR, June 18, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/tres-historias-tres-vidas-truncadas-y-los-siguen-asesinando/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Michel Forst, then …
LEADERS AREN’T BORN EVERY DAY
By Clara López Obregón, SEMANA, June 16, 2010 https://www.semana.com/opinion/articulo/lideres-no-nacen-todos-los-dias-columna-de-opinion-de-clara-lopez/680060# (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The murder of leaders …
THE MURDERED LEADERS
By Mauricio García Villegas, EL ESPECTADOR, June 13, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/lideres-asesinados/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Edwin Dagua Ipia …
THE GUARDIAN OF THE CONDOR
By Rafael Gutierrez Sonano, VANGUARDIA, June 11, 2020 https://www.vanguardia.com/opinion/columnistas/rafael-gutierrez-solano/el-guardian-del-condor-IJ2469974 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The bad things have …