PBI Colombia: Alirio Uribe: There have been serious due process violations, March 2011

In a conversation with PBI, lawyer Alirio Uribe talks about the criminal proceedings against David Ravelo, economist, human rights defender and member of the Regional Corporation for Human Rights Defense (CREDHOS),[1] jailed...[more]

PBI Colombia: Victims Law and Land Restitution, March 2011

María Ligia Chavera is a 72-year-old Afro-Colombian woman who has struggled the last 14 years to recover her land in the Chocó. She was displaced in 1997 along with her community of Curbaradó. “We walked suffering, passing up...[more]

PBI Colombia: Colombia prosecutes 130 human rights defenders in 2010, March 2011

According to the report “Criminalisation and criminal prosecution of social protest and human rights defense in Colombia” from the national and international Campaign for the Right to Defend Human Rights in Colombia, “between...[more]

PBI Colombia: Defence lawyer Alirio Uribe speaks with PBI about the investigation and imprisonment of David Ravelo, 31 January 2011

PBI: What are the charges against David Ravelo? On what grounds are they based?

Alirio Uribe: As many people know, David Ravelo Crespo is a human rights defender with CREDHOS from Barrancabermeja. He has been active in social...[more]

PBI: "Who can lock up a smile?" David Ravelo speaks with PBI about the charges he faces and his imprisonment, 6 December 2010

INTERVIEW

David Ravelo greets us from the other side of the bars and we meet in a visiting room a few minutes later. For the last two weeks David Ravelo —economist, human rights defender and member of the Regional Corporation...[more]

PBI Colombia: More death threats against CRED HOS member David Ravelo, September 2010

Ravelo and other members of CREDHOS have been targeted by threats over the past five years. The human rights situation in the Magdalena Medio continues to be critical.

David Ravelo received various threats, communicated via...[more]

More death threats against CREDHOS member David Ravelo

David Ravelo received various threats, communicated via his family, between May and July of this year. His son received several calls warning that they were going to kill his father and that he should be prepared for his funeral....[more]