YOUR ACTION NEEDED! We cannot stress enough how important this case is, and how vital is your solidarity. We have been asked, especially, that people make phone calls to the Colombian Embassy. The Alliance for Global Justice is urging you to take TWO actions. 1) Call the Colombian Embassy at: Tel: 202-387-8338 Fax: 202-232 8643…
We have several important updates regarding Colombian political prisoner struggles. We are especially pleased to announce that there has been a victory at the Doña Juana penitentiary in La Dorada, Caldas, where 1,300 prisoners had engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience, including more than 176 hunger strikers, 18 who had sewn their lips shut. INPEC…
Interview with Guillermo Cano, detained leader of Astracatol “They are engaged in persecution against our peasant labor organization” by José Antonio Gutiérrez D., in Rebelión June 13, 2013 TAKE ACTION on behalf of Don Guillermo! Click Here for more info on Don Guillermo’s case We recently spoke with comrade Guillermo Antonio Cano Borja, a veteran…
Click HERE to send an email to Colombian authorities in support of the prisoners’ demands! Prisoners in the Doña Juana Penitentiary in Colombia are halfway through the third week of a hunger strike to demand better conditions. Located in La Dorada, Caldas, the prison is one of the new jails built with US funding and…
Click HERE to watch Beyond the Walls: A Visit with the Women of Buen Pastor, Patio Six From Beyond the Walls is a play based on the testimonies, poetry, letters and collective statements of the political prisoners of Buen Pastor Womens Penitentiary in Bogotá, Colombia. The play was created and adapted by James Jordan based…
May 28, 2013 This video was made by Independent Journalist Dan Gordon.
May 13, 2013 The Alliance for Global Justice has received news that Guillermo Cano of the FENSUAGRO agricultural workers union has been detained along with seven unidentified unionists and members of the Marcha Patriótica (Patriotic March) in the Colombian Department of Tolima. Don Guillermo is the Human Rights Coordinator for ASTRACATOL, the FENSUAGRO affiliate in…
Maribel Oviedo (in center) leads delegates from the Alliance for Global Justice and the National Lawyers Guild to visit peasant farmers in the village of Maracaibo in Tolima, Colombia. We have received news from the Colombian human rights group, Lazos de Dignidad, that peasant union leader Maribel Oviedo has been released without charges. Maribel had…
David Ravelo, Human Rights Defender and Political Prisoner Demand freedom and justice for political prisoner David Ravelo. Ravelo is a member of Colombia’s Regional Human Rights Corporation and was honored by the Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja for his defense of human rights. He was recently convicted to 18 years in prison for what is widely…
22nd December 2012. By the International Network in Solidarity with the Colombian Political Prisoners (INSPP) Please visit the INSPP website for downloadable copies in English and Spanish.
