While Peace Talks Continue Army Tortures FARC Prisoners to Death
News from Colombia | on: Thursday, 9 May 2013
Human rights groups have reported the torture and extrajudicial execution of two FARC guerrillas seized by army troops operating in Narino province of Colombia. The two men, Gumercindo Guerrero Preciado and John Freddy Garcia Bastidas were taken at midday on Monday March 4, after sustained fighting between guerrillas and army read moreUK and Irish Cross Party Politicians and Civil Society leaders Support Patriotic March
Justice For Colombia News | on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
During the visit of the Patriotic March delegation to Belfast, Dublin and Ireland in April, politicians and civil society representatives including Church and trade union leaders signed the below statement in support of the Patriotic March and the peace process. The statement backs the Patriotic March’s call for a ceasefire read more 
Photos of the Patriotic March visit to Belfast, Dublin and London
Justice For Colombia News | on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Leaders of the Patriotic March, the largest civil society organisation seen in Colombia for decades, visited the UK and Ireland last month as guests of Justice for Colombia. They came to speak about their social and political work to organise and to promote peace with social justice in Colombia. The read moreJournalist narrowly escapes shooting after exposing luxurious lives of jailed military
News from Colombia | on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
A journalist narrowly escaped death as he was shot at five times by two hitmen in a classic contract killing attempt in the Colombian capital Bogotá. The journalist, Ricardo Calderón, had recently published an investigative report exposing the luxurious reality of life in prison for army personnel in the Tolemeida read moreHigh ranking police official threatens human rights defenders with legal prosecution
Justice For Colombia News | on: Monday, 6 May 2013
In a clear display of how the Colombian legal system is used to intimidate social activists, two leading Colombian human rights defenders have been threatened with legal prosecution by a high ranking police officer. Diego Martinez and Alfonso Castillo, both of whom are forced to travel with read morePatriotic March Activist Murdered by Army
News from Colombia | on: Wednesday, 1 May 2013
A recognised local farmer’s leader, Alvaro Queguan, has been shot dead by the Colombian Army in the southeast of Colombia. Alvaro was the vice-president of his local village committee and an active member of the Patriotic March in Nariño, the Department in which he lived and carried out his work read moreJFC Host Successful Patriotic March Visit to UK and Ireland
Justice For Colombia News | on: Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Leaders of the Patriotic March have taken part in a high-level visit to London, Belfast and Dublin to build cross party support for their work promoting peace with social justice in Colombia. The eight-day-tour which was organised by JFC, trade unions and politicians in Ireland and the UK saw the read moreTens of thousands of signatures collected to demand guarantees for the victims of state crimes
News from Colombia | on: Tuesday, 30 April 2013
A series of coordinated international petitions have gained tens of thousands of signatures from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as from many other parts of the world, to express concern for the continuing persecution faced by members of the National Movement for Victims of State read moreArmy Murder Peasant Farmer
News from Colombia | on: Monday, 15 April 2013
In the small northwestern town of San Jose, a young local farmer was viciously shot dead by soldiers of the Colombian Army. Carlos Andres Torres Borja was returning home on his horse on the 9 April 2013 but as he neared an army camp of the 17th Brigade he was read moreTortured Body Found in Military Controlled Area
News from Colombia | on: Monday, 15 April 2013
Colombian peasant farmer José Rogelio López was found dead on the morning of Thursday 11 April 2013 at the side of the road close to the village of Medellín del Ariari, in northern Meta Department. His body showed shocking signs of torture. His fingers had been amputated and his eyes read more
