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Secretary Kerry: Don’t Make Justice Jump Through Hoops!
You might get the impression from reading the news that everything is much better in Colombia. But what we hear from the ground is that human rights defenders, land rights leaders, union activists,...
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Urgent Action: Threats against members of Organización Femenina Popular Continue
On the 3rd of April at 10.30am, Sor María Sampayo, a leader of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) received a threatening phone call from someone who identified himself as Alirio Torresa, commander...
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School of the Americas Instructor Who Oversaw Dozens of Killings Leads...
Take Action: Send a message to the State Department In the wake of Colombian military scandals earlier this year, General Jaime Lasprilla Villamizar has been appointed commander of the Colombian Army....
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Riot Police Violently Evict Community
On Thursday June 26th, forty-five riot police, led by Leonel Gutierrez Lagares, Inspector of Police of Vijagual, raided the house of Henry Rincón Rinel, a school teacher in El Guayabo. After four...
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Guayabo Threatened with Immediate Eviction
The community of El Guayabo in the municipality of Puerto Wilches has received confirmation that the police coronel signed an illegal eviction order to be executed tomorrow, Wednesday October 29. CPT...
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ACT NOW: Ask Obama to Support Policy for a Just and Peaceful end to the...
Days of Prayer and Action 2015 Petition For the 2015 Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia, advocates are encouraged to sign this petition which will be shared with President Obama and members of...
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Take Action: Light a Candle in Solidarity with Alvaro Garcia
On Thursday, take action by lighting a candle to stand in solidarity with Alvaro Garcia. Post your image on Facebook, Twitter, or email it to us. Use the hashtag #LibertadparaAlvaro CPT Colombia -...
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Sign the Petition: Flood the US Congress with letters of Peace in Support of...
Send your members of the House and Senate an email laying out eight ways the U.S. Congress can support peace and respect human rights in Colombia. Just enter your zip code below to use our quick and...
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Urgent Action: Stop the Criminalization of Colombian Human Rights Defenders!
CPT Colombia asks the Colombian authorities to put a stop to the growing trend of judicial persecution and detention of campesino human rights defenders who are fighting for their rights to land and...
View ArticleHumanitarian and Social Crisis for Eviction of Farming Families of the El...
For about 15 years and more intensively the last five years, Rodrigo López Henao has been carrying out various actions, some judicial and some violent and illegal, to displace them and strip them of...
View ArticlePalestine/ Colombia: Made in the USA
The US war economy is essentially upheld by the continual repression of our Palestinian and Colombian partners through military aid to two of the longest-running conflicts in recent history.
View ArticleOFP’s Statement Against Threats
The OFP is concerned about official [government] versions that dismisses the risk, the denouncements, and the context of serious risk currently faced by women and communities, due to the repositioning...
View ArticleStop the eviction of Guayabo
El Guayabo community needs your support. Once again the families of the El Guayabo community face the threat of being removed from their land.
View ArticleLent 2020 | Take Action for Peace in Colombia
While the virus pulls back the curtain on systemic injustice, it also presents each and every one of us with a decision on how we respond to our needs and the needs of those around us. Join the...
View ArticlePalestine/ Colombia: Made in the USA
The US war economy is essentially upheld by the continual repression of our Palestinian and Colombian partners through military aid to two of the longest-running conflicts in recent history.
View ArticleOFP’s Statement Against Threats
The OFP is concerned about official [government] versions that dismisses the risk, the denouncements, and the context of serious risk currently faced by women and communities, due to the repositioning...
View ArticleStop the eviction of Guayabo
El Guayabo community needs your support. Once again the families of the El Guayabo community face the threat of being removed from their land.
View ArticleLent 2020 | Take Action for Peace in Colombia
While the virus pulls back the curtain on systemic injustice, it also presents each and every one of us with a decision on how we respond to our needs and the needs of those around us. Join the...
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