The morning of Monday April 29^th ^after 6 years sentence and 13 years condemnation for drug traffic helping self-defense groups too, the Police’s General Mauricio Santoyo, was captured. The prosecution stands also for participating in the alleged disappearance of the rights’ defenders: Angel Quintero Mesa and Claudia Monsalve …
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The National Police would be stop the accompaniment of Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in the sub-region of Urabá after the attack suffered by a police unit causing six injured on 11^th^ April. This has stated by six human rights organizations, who represent 21 rural families who hoped …
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The academic and peacebuilding expert, John Paul Lederach, reflects on a selection of 34 Peace Agreements that were used for the Truth Commission mechanisms in Colombia. He stated that we could learn from contained mistakes and successes seeing previous experiences to strengthen the work of the Colombia’s Truth Commission …
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[General Diego Villegas, head of the Vulcano Task Force present in Catatumbo assumed responsibility for the former]{lang="EN"}’[s Farc combatant Dimar Torres assassination. Torres was in the process of reincorporation and while General Villegas asked the facts would be investigated the Minister of Defense instead, tried to cover …
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Ledys Orejuela and Henry Angulo social leaders from Cacarica in the Chocó department, together with the director of “Comisión de Justicia y Paz” Danilo Rueda, shared with the attendees of the Bogota International Book Fair how their Univeristy for peace is moving forward.This University is an initiative opened in …
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According to Order 131 of 2019, the Appeal Section of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has confirmed the submission of retired general Mario Montoya Uribe to the justice system. This submission, related to the 003 case concerning deaths illegitimately presented as casualties in combat by agents of the State …
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After almost a month of mobilizations in which the Southwest Minga is trying to reach an agreement with the Government with respect to the National Development Plan (PND), the indigenous communities of the country joined the National Strike. They claimed modifications to the PND consisting in: immediate measures to end …
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Why the National strike?
Different social sectors will protest across the streets to demand the accomplishment of the agreements, the adjustment of the National Development Plan, the defense of public education and finally rejecting the murder of leaders and social leaders.
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The mobilization …
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Peasant Association of Catatumbo (ASCAMCAT) announced through a statement that they wished to attend the strike on Thursday, April 25^th^, but denounced that they couldn’t be present because of the insecure conditions of the region which prevent the members from exercising the right to protest. In relation to …
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[The student movement announced that will join the National Strike on Thursday, April 25^th^ as a way to strengthen the union with the the social movements and demand compliance with the agreements reached with the Government in December last year. In this sense, the National Union of Higher Education …
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