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Oct 2, 20244 min read
Cuerpo y territorio: informe de la gira de incidencia 2024
Hace una semana terminó nuestra gira por el Sudeste de los Estados Unidos 2024 de la mano de Deyanira Peña Carabalí, lideresa social caucana
May 9, 20244 min read
"We want to live without fear and distress"
Wounaan community Santa Rosa de Guayacan faces humanitarian crisis after return to their land in Bajo Calima due to institutional inaction
Dec 24, 20235 min read
Cuánto cuesta la resistencia: ¿la existencia?
Hace 10 días murió Olga Castillo. Quisiera decir que murió en paz y habiendo obtenido justicia, pero no fue así. Olga no debió morir.
Oct 23, 20234 min read
Even if they had cut him to a thousand pieces, they were not able to destroy his soul
Reconciliation led by the families of the forcibly disappeared in Palestina, Huila
Oct 5, 20235 min read
Olga Castillo: La resistencia encarnada en el cuerpo de una mujer
Casi un año estuvo Olga acampando frente a la Embajada, primero, y frente a la Cancillería después. Casi un año de protesta de una mujer fre
Mar 21, 20235 min read
"As women we're able to resist with our bodies" Women's resistance to violence in Colombia
By Jessica Garcia Translation: Pambana Gutto Bassett For more than a year, countless forced displacements have been carried out across the...
Jun 23, 20226 min read
Colombia Presidential Elections 2022 - Runoff for the Government of Life
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the...
Mar 9, 20225 min read
State Repression and Militarization in Post-Peace Accords Colombia
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen...
Mar 8, 202210 min read
Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders
By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Trial of Guapinol Water Protectors Continues in Honduras
By John Walsh Since January 13th, the trial of 8 community activists and water protectors from Guapinol, Honduras has been under way in...
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Urgent Action: Social Leader, Maria Eugenia Mosquera, Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective expresses solidarity with Colombian Social Leader, Human Rights defender, and partner María...
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Colombian Human Rights Defender, Leider Valencia, is Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective was just informed about a serious threat against the life of Colombian Social Leader, Human...
Dec 2, 20204 min read
The Ghost of the Black Eagles: The Invisible Face of Politicide in Colombia
In the past few months, a number of threatening pamphlets, signed by the paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras”
Aug 13, 20203 min read
The U.S. is financing illegal hydroelectric projects in Honduras with taxpayer dollars
On July 21st, the newly created U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced that it signed an agreement with the...
May 18, 20201 min read
Death Threats and Attacks Against Community Leader and Human Rights Defender, Juan Martinez
Read Original Spanish Version Here On the morning of May 11th, social leader, human rights defender and member of the board of directors...
Mar 20, 20207 min read
COVID-19 Crisis in Honduras: What it Means for our WfP-SC Team and Partners on the Ground
By Corie Welch On Sunday night, I made the extremely difficult decision to leave Honduras and return to the United States to continue my...
Feb 17, 20203 min read
At Least Two Killed and One Injured in Northern Cauca as Attacks on Campesinos Continue in Impunity
Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Condemns the recent attacks against Campesino organizers and human rights defenders in Miranda,...
Dec 13, 20194 min read
U.S Continues to Fund Forced Eradication as Small-scale Farmers Face New Wave of Assassinations
To date, 53 members of COCCAM have been murdered with each member of the national body threatened individually and collectively.
Dec 10, 20193 min read
Impunity for Intellectual Authors Means No Justice for Berta Cáceres
Still no justice for Berta as seven material authors receive sentencing for her murder
Aug 6, 20196 min read
No Peace in Sight: Indigenous Colombians Face Growing Levels of Forced Displacement
By Samantha Wherry and Evan King When traveling on a boat to Pichima Quebrada, a small Wounaan indigenous community located along the...
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