Resistance in the face of oblivion and indifference
Hundreds of forcibly displaced Indigenous families in Bogotá continue to demand a comprehensive response from the Colombian government....
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- Mar 8, 2022
- 10 min
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...
- Feb 11, 2021
- 10 min
Jilamito River Protectors and the War for Water in Honduras
Original article published in spanish by Redacción CRITERIO.HN Please also see Part 2 and Part 3 of this Criterio series on Jilamito....
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
Drummond President on Trial for Alleged Paramilitary Ties
Current Drummond President, José Miguel Linares, and the former president, Augusto Jiménez, are being charged by the Colombian Attorney
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
U.S.-backed Anti-Narcotics Police Attack Indigenous Community
On Monday November 30th, helicopters buzzed atop the Nasa Indigenous community of El Descanso, in the Southern department of Putumayo.
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Colombian Indigenous Communities Call for Cerrejón to Stop Redirecting Scarce Water Resources
On 5 May 2020, Anglo American, a London listed multinational mining company (MNC) will hold their Annual Shareholders Meeting behind...
- Apr 2, 2020
- 4 min
Internally Displaced Indigenous Peoples Denounce Re-victimization and Exclusion During Quarantine
By Mesa de Pueblos Indigenas Victimas del Conflicto Armado en Bogota In the face of institutional abandonment, the indigenous peoples...
- Feb 17, 2020
- 3 min
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,...
- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
New Paramilitary Offensive Threatens to Displace Communities in Chocó
On December 31st, 2019, as residents of Pogue, Bojaya, celebrated the new year, between 300 and 600 paramilitaries arrived to exert...
- Dec 20, 2019
- 2 min
Paramilitaries Take Over Nueva Vida Humanitarian Zone
During the early morning hours on December 18th, residents of Cacarica witnessed the strengthening of the Gaitanista Self-defense Forces...
- Dec 13, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
Impunity for Intellectual Authors Means No Justice for Berta Cáceres
Still no justice for Berta as seven material authors receive sentencing for her murder
- Jun 23, 2017
- 13 min
The Berta Cáceres Case in Context: The Campaign Against Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Indigen
The assassination of Berta Cáceres has, for good reason, become an emblematic case in the conversation around human rights abuses in...
- Apr 11, 2014
- 5 min
What does ‘clean energy’ mean for indigenous communities in Mexico’s Isthmus of Te
By Miriam Taylor, Witness for Peace Mexico Team Driving through southern Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the countryside unfolds like a...
- Oct 24, 2013
- 5 min
7th Milpa Festival: Indigenous Communities Resist
Three months before the 20th anniversary of NAFTA, I found myself in an old school bus traveling through the Sierra Juarez in Oaxaca,...
- Aug 21, 2013
- 10 min
My experience on a Roots and Realities of Migration delegation to Oaxaca | Mi experiencia en una del
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- Aug 21, 2013
- 2 min
Witness for Peace Group Focuses on Food Sovereignty and Immigration Issues
by Joan Fumetti It has been said that privilege is invisible to those who have it. Our trip to Oaxaca provided a unique opportunity for...
- Aug 23, 2012
- 5 min
Nimbyism and Colombia’s “Socially Responsible” Mine, Cerrejón
By Jeanine Legato WfP Colombia Southeastern Massachusetts, where I am from, was deeply embroiled in a nimby (Not-In- My- Backyard) ...
- Jul 6, 2012
- 6 min
Gold Rush in Colombia: Part 1
by Amanda Tello Colombia is one of the most bio-diverse, resource-abundant countries in the world. Home to the Amazon rainforest, the...
- May 24, 2012
- 3 min
The DEA killed the Hopes of Hasked Brooks Wood
Ahúas, Gracias a Dios Wednesday, May 23, 2012 By: defensoresenlinea.com Translation by the Witness for Peace Nicaragua Team For the...
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