by James Patrick Jordan UPDATE: We have more news about the killing of Jhon Jairo Noscue. He was killed in crossfire when he responded to a call for help from a person who was being attacked by armed assailants. We have not received word about the motivation of the killers, whether or not this was…
Colombia
Colombia, Español, Uncategorized
Four attacks in four days! Solidarity with Colombia’s Minga!
Español abajo – ¡CUATRO ASALTOS EN CUATRO DÍAS! ¡SOLIDARIDAD CON LA MINGA! Click here to send a message to President Iván Duque calling on him to meet with the minga and end the state violence in Cajibío and throughout Cauca Hace clic aqui para enviar un mensaje a Presidente Iván Duque pidiendolo que reune con…
Anti-War, Colombia, Uncategorized
Colombian military attacks popular movements TWICE in Cauca
There is a crisis happening right now in Cauca, Colombia. The Colombian Armed Forces have attacked a “minga” in the village of Cairo, municipality of Cajibío – twice in two days – and are still present and threatening more assaults. The minga is a collective consultation called by indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and farming communities and…
Colombia, Español
Carta Abierta sobre la Persecución de la Fundación Lazos de Dignidad, Defensores de Derechos Humanos
Para unir su organización a esta carta, manda un correo electrónico a [email protected] Enviado por el Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del Pueblo A presidente Iván Duque, las autoridades colombianas, y la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Hay una cacería de brujas actualmente contra los defensores de Derechos Humanos, la Fundación Lazos de Dignidad (FLD), y…
Colombia, Petition, Uncategorized
Open Letter Concerning the Harassment of the Lazos de Dignidad Foundation, Colombian Human Rights Defenders
If your organization would like to sign on to this open letter, send an email to [email protected] To read in Spanish Open Letter from the People’s Human Rights Observatory To President Ivan Duque, the Colombian authorities, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: There is a witch hunt currently against the human rights defenders,…
Alba countries, Colombia, Democracy, James Patrick Jordan, Venezuela
Is Foreign Military Intervention in Venezuela Imminent?
By James Jordan According to conventional wisdom, there should be no serious talk of foreign military intervention in Venezuela. But these aren’t conventional times. The conventional playbook would adopt a strategy of foreign coordination of the Venezuelan opposition, economic sabotage, infiltration of the military, and manipulation of popular movements against the elected government. All this…
Anti-War, Colombia, Español, James Patrick Jordan, Uncategorized
Ataques a la JEP hundirían a Colombia en la guerra
Públicado en El Turbión Por: James Patrick Jordan – octubre 30 de 2018 En lo que sería un descarado ataque a los acuerdos de paz de Colombia, el fiscal general Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira ha acusado a Martha Lucía Zamora, July Henríquez y Ernesto Caicedo, funcionarios de la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), de haber…
Colombia, Drug war, James Patrick Jordan, Uncategorized
Attacks on Peace Court Could Help Plunge Colombia Back into War
by James Patrick Jordan Send an email to Colombian authorities demanding they drop the charges against July Henriquez, Ernesto Caicedo, and Martha Lucía Zamora In a brazen attack on Colombia’s peace accords, Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira has brought charges against three former officials of the Special Peace Jurisdiction courts (JEP, by its Spanish…
Action alerts, Anti-racism, Colombia, Labor, Petition, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Solidarity with the Striking Prisoners of Colombia and North America – No More Prison Imperialism!
Read the original Spanish Click HERE to add your name to this declaration! We, the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos), declare our solidarity with the worldwide resistance to prison imperialism and reject the expansion of the United States model of mass incarceration. Likewise, we express our support for the demands of…
Anti-racism, Colombia, Español, Labor, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Solidaridad con las Huelgistas en las Cárceles Colombianos y Norteamericanos – ¡No Más Imperialismo Carcelario!
¡Agrega su nombre a esta declaración! Desde el Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos declaramos nuestra solidaridad con la resistencia mundial al imperialismo carcelario y rechazamos la expansión del modelo estadounidense de encarcelamiento masivo. Asimismo, expresamos nuestro apoyo a las exigencias de los prisioneros del centro penitenciario La Tramacúa, Valledupar, Colombia, y los prisioneros…