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ACVC | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/acvc
Want to be a volunteer? The Peasant Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River Valley. The ACVC is a broad-based association made up of 120 Community Action Boards (JACs for their Spanish acronym),[1] cooperatives, fisher people committees and other organised groups of rural workers. The organisation has an estimated 25,000 members and carries out its community-based social and political work in 120 rural hamlets within the eight municipalities of the Magdalena Medio region. Sugar cane production;. The pe...
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Threats | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/ccajar/threats
Want to be a volunteer? José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (CCAJAR). 1 February 2012: the daughter of Rafael Barrios, member of the Lawyer’s Collective, was attacked in a taxi. Barrios represents family members of civilian victims in the Palace of Justice case and the attack coincided with the conviction of Alfonso Plazas Vega for forced disappearance.[1]. 1 April 2013: The “Rastrojos” issued a massive threat to various organizations and HRDs, including CCAJAR.[5]. 27 January 2012: Jaime Restrepo Re...
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Accompanied organizations | PBI Colombia (English)
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Want to be a volunteer? Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS). PBI has accompanied CREDHOS since 1994. Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission (CIJP). PBI has accompanied CIJP since 1994. José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR). PBI has accompanied the Lawyers’ Collective since 1995. Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee (FCSPP). PBI has accompanied the Committee since 1998. Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. PBI has accompanied the Peace Community since 1999.
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Peace Community | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/peace-community
Want to be a volunteer? San Jose de Apartado Peace Community. Armed Conflict and Resistance. San Jose de Apartado’s peasant farmer population has lived for decades in the midst of armed conflict. Economic interests in the region of Uraba (Northwest Colombia) and its geostrategic position. However, rather than joining the country’s thousands of displaced people. We will not give in to armed pressure. We continue to work in a united way saying ‘no’ to war. These are the defiant words of community r...In Se...
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Baseless prosecutions | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/credhos/baseless-prosecutions
Want to be a volunteer? David Ravelo Crespo, Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS). Imprisoned since September 2010. Accused of aggravated murder. Charges based on the testimony of demobilised paramilitaries. December 2012: Sentenced to over 18 years in prison. David Ravelo Crespo is an economist, human rights defender and founding member of the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS). First judicial case against David Ravelo. According to Alirio Uribe.
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Baseless prosecutions | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/fcspp/baseless-prosecutions
Want to be a volunteer? Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners. Accused of rebellion in November 2010. Case closed due to a lack of evidence in July 2011. Charges based on the testimony of demobilised guerrilla combatants. Carolina Rubio states: Many of us in the Committee are aware that at some point something like this might happen to usI believe the case was especially significant because I was so many months pregnant. [5]. Initially detained from January 2006 to April 2007. Principe Gabriel...
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Threats | PBI Colombia (English)
https://pbicolombia.org/accompanied-organizations-2/peace-community/threats
Want to be a volunteer? San Jose de Apartado Peace Community. Since its creation, the Peace Community has been the object of threats and stigmatisation. The wife of Germán Graciano, a member of the Internal Council of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, received a call from someone who identified himself as coordinator of the office in Bogota for the demobilized . The caller offered money for information about the leaders of the Community.[1]. Baseless Accusations and Slander. You are commenting...
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La Marcha: febrero 2010
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Miércoles, 17 de febrero de 2010. Asesinados dos campesinos de Campo Bijao (Yondó, Antioquia). Leonel Ríos Morales, de 30 años de edad, y Gustavo Lozano, fueron las víctimas escogidas por desconocidos para continuar con la estrategia de terror con asesinatos selectivos y que se viene desarrollando en la región. Jueves, 11 de febrero de 2010. Culminó con éxito el segundo campamento ecológico. En este video se relata una de las experiencias generadas a partir del segundo campamento ecológico en la Zona de ...
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La Marcha: Mujeres del mundo verificaron impactos de militarización y fumigaciones en el Valle del Río Cimitarra
http://lamarcha-acvc.blogspot.com/2010/08/mujeres-del-mundo-verificaron-impactos.html
Sábado, 21 de agosto de 2010. Mujeres del mundo verificaron impactos de militarización y fumigaciones en el Valle del Río Cimitarra. El 19 de agosto la Misión se reunió con las comunidades del corregimiento de Cerro Azul, de las veredas Las Colinas, San Juan Medio, que sumaron cerca de 40 personas y escuchó la problemática desde las víctimas de las fumigaciones, la militarización y el abandono estatal en materia de vías, seguridad alimentaria, salud y educación. Etiquetas: Cultivos de uso ilícito. Órgano...
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La Marcha: diciembre 2009
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Miércoles, 9 de diciembre de 2009. Fumigan alimentos en la Zona de Reserva Campesina del Valle del Río Cimitarra. Las fumigaciones aéreas e indiscriminadas con glifosato siguen haciendo estragos en la Zona de Reserva Campesina del Valle del Río Cimitarra. Todo el campesinado de la Zona de Reserva Campesina exige una comisión de verificación a la región afectada por la fumigaciones. Etiquetas: Cultivos de uso ilícito. Suscribirse a: Entradas (Atom). Consultar archivo de programas. Órgano informativo de la...
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