On November 24, 2003 between 2:13 and 2:22 p.m. three messages were left on Adriana Cuéllar’s home answering machine. The messages contained threats such as: “Hijueputa bocona…”, “te vas a morir,” “nos las arreglaremos junto consu familia,” (“big mouth son of a bitch…”, “you are going to die,” … [Read more...]

Arnold Gómez, Carmelo Agamez, Juan David Díaz, Adolfo Berbel, Jackeline Moguea, Roberto Serpa, Amauri Vidual - Members of the Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado Reports indicate that the people named above, all members of the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes … [Read more...]

On the morning of 29 March, a written death threat was delivered to the offices of the non-governmental human rights organization Comision Intereclesial Justicia y Paz, Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission. The threat accused Danilo Rueda and other members of the organization of being guerrilla … [Read more...]

David Ravelo Crespo, the Secretary General of the non-governmental human rights organization Corporaci¨®n Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CREDHOS), Georgina Morales, student leader and member of the organization, and other members of CREDHOS are in danger. Mr. Crespo has … [Read more...]

David Ravelo Crespo, the Secretary General of the non-governmental human rights organization Corporacion Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CREDHOS), Georgina Morales, student leader and member of the organization, and other members of CREDHOS are in danger. Mr. Crespo has received … [Read more...]

DOMINGO TOVAR ARRIETA – Director of the Human Rights Department of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, (CUT), Columbian Trade Union Confederation On October 30, 2003 Domingo Tovar Arrieta reportedly received an anonymous call on his mobile phone. The caller told Arrieta, “Pagará con su vida la … [Read more...]

At 7 am on April 20, various armed men with machine guns entered the home of the brother of Coca-Cola union leader Efrain Guerrero's wife in Bucaramanga, and fired indiscriminately at the family. Guerrerro's brother-in-law, Gabriel Remolina and his wife Fanny were shot dead. Three of their children … [Read more...]

JUAN CARLOS GALVIS – Human Rights Advocate, National Union of Food Industry Workers Vice-President The area of Barrancabermeja is under siege by army backed paramilitaries that control entire sections of the city. These forces frequently accuse trade unionists of sympathising with guerrillas. As … [Read more...]

KAIROS is extremely concerned about the life and personal safety of Lilia Solano. Lilia is a human rights activist, an academic and a member of the Mennonite church who is presently director of the church-based human rights organization, Proyecto Justicia y Vida and a professo of social and … [Read more...]

Luis Eduardo Guerra, the well-known leader of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Antioquia, Colombia, and seven other people, among them women and children, were murdered between the 21st and 22nd of February. Luis Eduardo was one of the community leaders most admired for the clarity and … [Read more...]