Latest news from PBI Colombia PBI Colombia: Sandra Gamboa: PBI’s international accompaniment is “absolutely necessary”, March 2011Sandra Gamboa has worked with the Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyer Collective (CCAJAR) for eight years. Among other cases, she represents the family of Tania Solano and Juan Carlos, 24 and 28 years old, respectively, who, in 2003,...[more]  PBI Colombia: Judith Madonado “recognises, admires and respects the victims in this country”, March 2011Judith Maldonado has been a lawyer for 33 years and is the co-founder and current director of the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyer Collective (CCALP). She, along with three colleagues, created the organisation in order to, according to...[more]  PBI Colombia: Political Repression and Peaceful Resistance for Human Rights: the case of the Barrancabermeja social movement, March 2011For the social movement in Barracabermeja, 2010 has been characterised by an increase in political repression.[1] In fact, there appears to be an intentional and systematic increase in this repression, through the use of fear and...[more]  PBI Colombia: Hip-hop in Medellin’s District 13: Rappers promoting happiness, March 2011Medellin is one of the most economically unequal cities in Colombia.[1] According to the most recent report from Medellin’s Human Rights Ombudsman, 77% of people in Medellin pertain to the lowest two economic groups, while only...[more]  PBI Colombia: Gold fever in Northeast Antioquia, March 2011Northeast Antioquia is a sub region of the Department of Antioquia located on the eastern border of the central Colombian mountain range and to the southwest of the San Lucas range. Situated between mountains, prairies and...[more]  PBI Colombia: Where are the disappeared?, March 2011Gloria Gómez is the coordinator of the Association of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared (ASFADDES), an organisation that has dedicated itself to the struggle against forced disappearance since 1983. Agents of the...[more]  PBI Colombia: Leonardo Jaimes Marín: “The grounds for arresting Carolina Rubio are absurd.”, March 2011Carolina Rubio, a worker in the Santander office of the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (FCSPP, the Committee) since 2002, was arrested the 16 November 2010. Her detention took place just a few days after she...[more] |
