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...]

In April 2005, Mr. Tan Kai, along with Mr. Lai Jinbiao, Mr. Gao Haibing, Mr. Wu Yuanming, Mr. Qi Huimin and Mr. Yang Jianming informally founded Green Watch, an environmental civil society group created in response to complaints from residents of Huashui Town in Dongyang City regarding pollution … [Read more...]

The observatory has been informed by Human Rights in China (HRIC) of the detention of Mr. Yan Zhengxue, who is actively involved in human rights campaigns and an outspoken human rights promoter, as well as a well-known artist and dissident. In the lead up to the meeting of the Central Party … [Read more...]

On November 10, 2004, Mr. Zheng’s wife, Mrs. Jiang Meili, went to visit Mr. Zheng in Shanghai’s Tilanqiao Prison along with several other family members. During the visit, Mr. Zheng reported he had been visited several times by Mr. Miao Xiaobao, the director of Changhai’s Judicial Bureau and Prisons … [Read more...]

Zheng Enchong, who as a lawyer had been involved in the defense of economic and social rights of persons displaced as a result of Shanghai’s urban development projects, was arrested on 6 June 2003 and charged with “illegally providing state secrets to entities outside of China”. Zheng Enchong was … [Read more...]

Juana Calfunao Paillalef, a community leader from the Mapuche ethnic group, and her family, have suffered a campaign of intimidation, including the apparent murder of her uncle and an arson attack on her home. On June 26, 2004, a fire started in her house which burned it to the ground. A charred … [Read more...]