In the slum of a dusty town called Curumaní, in the department of Cesar, 25 farming families have lived for nearly three years after being displaced from Pitalito. They do not have access to land and therefore cannot grow crops. Nor is there alternative employment for these families who have always worked the fields.

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Claudia Julieta Duque is a correspondent in Colombia for the Internet Radio channel Nizkor, dedicated to human rights advocacy. Duque was one of the journalists illegally monitored by the former state intelligence agency, the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). 

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PBI presents its 2012 annual report. 

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Sophia Kerridge has been a volunteer with Peace Brigades International in Colombia for one year. Here she speaks on international accompaniment, the organizations being accompanied and the situation for human rights defenders in Colombia. 

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Twenty minutes from the center of Medellín you will find La Escombrera [The Dump]. Organizations claim that beneath the soil hundreds of people are buried.

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The indigenous movement in Colombia has been gaining strength since the 1980s. 

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Through traditional dance, indigenous Wayúu women and girls give expression to how their life has been before and after. The pink colour symbolizes the flower of the cactus that blooms in abundance in this semi-arid region. The black represents coal. 

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