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PBI Colombia, 31 August 2010
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Production: PBI Colombia, 9 August 2010
Human rights activist Carmelo Agámez of MOVICE (Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado – Movement of Victims of State Crimes) in Colombia was detained in November 2008. Five men raided his house in San Onofre without a warrant.For years, Carmelo has been denouncing human rights violations in the Sucre region. He has also exposed links between local public officials and paramilitary forces. As a result, he received death threats.
Radio Nederland, 19 April 2010
10 March 2010
In the light of a recent series of defamatory news articles against the international accompaniment organization PBI, and the Colombian human rights defenders they accompany, Christian Aid finds it necessary to respond publicly on behalf of PBI and to affirm, without question, the fiscal, political adn moral integrity of the organisation.
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The Wall Street Journal, 24 December 2009
Press release from the Human Rights Defenders Working Group, 20th november 2009
Through the use of different names, paramilitaries terrorise the civil population and its leaders, murdering, threatening, and warning them to leave the region. Recent cases include threats made against two important civil society leaders from Barrancabermeja: María Calderón, USO leader, and Luz Almansa, coordinator for ASFFADES – Barrancabermeja, who in emails sent by paramilitaries were declared military objectives.
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Comunication from FCSPP-Antioquia, 28 october 2009
During 2009, the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) imposed restrictions on the exercise of the defence, protection and promotion of human rights within the installations of the Bellavista Penitentiary and Prison Facility in Medellin (Department of Antioquia).
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Comunication from NOMADESC, 22 october 2009
The below-signed organisations reject the threats and persecution which is being levelled against diverse organisations all over Colombia, in particular organisations which are part of the Minga of Social and Communitarian Resistence.
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Comunication from Peace Coomunity of San José de Apartadó, 21 october 2009
On this past Sunday morning, 18 October 2009, paramilitaries from Nuevo Antioquia sent a new message to our Peace Community, which expressed the following:
“We request you leave these lands as soon as possible since we are looking for some people who screwed up, you may more or less imagine who they are and if we find them blood will flow and whoever else is around will meet the same fate, be they innocent or not, or if these persons do not leave everyone will pay, this is not a threat it is information that your lives are at risk if you do not obey”.
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“An instrument for truth and memory.” An emotional ceremony of light opened the event in which the Association of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared wished to share its new website with students, social organisations, and the general public. www.asfaddes.org
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PBI Colombia, 17 August 2010
ColomPBIa is the Quarterly Newsletter of the PBI Colombia Project with latest news about the human rights situation in Colombia.
Defending human rights in Colombia: a high risk activity
Quarterly newsletter no 15, April 2010
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Forced displacement in Colombia - a crime and a humanitarian tragedy
Quarterly newsletter no 14, January 2010
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The situation for human rights organizations continues to be critical
Quarterly newsletter no. 13, December 2009
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PBI Colombia: 15 years accompanying human rights defenders
Quarterly newsletter no 12, October 2009
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Special report:
Breaking cycles of repression: ending impunity
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