New Wave of Threats Sweeps Across Colombia
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on March 25, 2009
Another wave of threats has once again swept across Colombia, this time warning of an imminent “social cleansing” of “undesirable” individuals from Colombian society. Colombian churches and others are reporting that the violence unleashed by these alleged paramilitary threats has already left three young people and seven fishermen dead in Chocó.
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Days of Prayer and Action 2009: Change Colombia Can Believe In
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on March 09, 2009
Did you know that last year almost 1,500 Colombians* were violently forced from their homes each day? It's no wonder that Colombia now has more internally displaced persons
than any other country in the world, even more than Sudan.
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Don't Let Them Get Away With It
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on December 18, 2008
We're saddened to report that the spouse of an indigenous activist working in Cauca was killed when Colombian soldiers fired shots into his vehicle this past Tuesday. The killing of Edwin Legarda shows that despite recent firings of top military officials, the Colombian government is not doing enough to prevent new civilian killings by the army.
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Meet with Your Members of Congress on Colombia Policy
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on February 09, 2009
There have been some positive signals on human rights in just the first
three weeks of the Obama Administration. But since U.S. policy towards
Colombia and Latin America is not a priority for this administration, we
have to make sure that the United States is indeed standing up for
human rights by putting our energy into educating and cajoling our
representatives to support our values.
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Urge State Department to Stand By Indigenous Protestors
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on October 27, 2008
On October 12th, more than 12,000 indigenous Colombians gathered to peacefully protest the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement and the Colombian government's consistent failure to return land obtained by violence to indigenous communities.
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Honoring Colombia's True Heroes and Heroines
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on January 12, 2009
As President Bush in the waning days of his administration bestows the
Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Colombian President Alvaro Uribe,
we'd like to nominate as LAWG Heroes of the Year 2008 the brave and
tireless Colombian human rights activists who are taking risks to end
the Colombian army's killings of civilians.
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Say NO to U.S.-Colombia Trade Deal
by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard
on September 17, 2008
Last week, the Colombian government sent an 80-member delegation to Capitol Hill as part of an intensive, last-ditch effort to secure our Congress' support for the stalled U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Today, Colombia's president arrives in Washington, DC to continue this expensive lobbying blitz with the message that all is well with human rights in Colombia.
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