Paramilitary threats against oil workers union intensifies
News from Colombia | on: Thursday, 13 June 2013
The USO oil workers union has received another written death threat from the paramilitary group los Urabeños. The latest threat follows a series of attacks against members of the union in recent weeks. Of particular concern for the union is the lack of any response from the read moreAnother case of Army killing civilian and presenting him as a guerrilla
News from Colombia | on: Monday, 10 June 2013
A seventeen year old boy has been killed by Army troops before being falsely referred to as a guerrilla killed in combat. The Colombian Army has been responsible for killing more than 5,000 civilians in this way in a practice that is known in Colombia as ‘false-positives’. This latest killing read moreDeaths threats made against members of victims organisation
News from Colombia | on: Monday, 10 June 2013
After another assassination plan came to light earlier this week, the National Movement for Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE) has spoken out about the stream of threats and attacks carried out against its members. As an organisation that fights against impunity and highlights the paramilitary presence in political, economic and read moreArbitrary arrests of members of Patriotic March
News from Colombia | on: Monday, 10 June 2013
Members of the Colombian army have illegally detained more than twenty peasant farmers over the last few days in regions across Colombia. Male and female peasants were detained in Cundinamarca, Tolima, Huila, Meta, Putumayo and Caquetá. This is believed to form part of a deliberate strategy aiming read moreThirteen people arbitrarily arrested including a local Mayor
News from Colombia | on: Friday, 7 June 2013
In the town of Uribe in central Colombia thirteen people were arrested on Sunday in a military raid which local human rights groups have complained is based on false charges aimed at discrediting the community. All those arrested have been accused of “rebellion”, a common accusation made against poor farmers read moreAnother victim in the search for justice in rural Colombia
News from Colombia | on: Friday, 7 June 2013
In what is a stark reminder of the difficult reality of achieving peace in rural Colombia, another person has been killed as a result of attempts to reclaim stolen land. More than 71 land leaders were killed between 2006 and 2011. At least five have been killed so far read more 
The Guardian publishes article on JFC initiative
Justice For Colombia News | on: Monday, 3 June 2013
The Guardian has published an article reporting on a JFC initiative to take a delegation of Northern Ireland cross-party politicians to meet with the FARC guerrilla group. The visit was made in support of the ongoing peace process. Click here to view the article. read more 
Políticos de Irlanda del Norte se reúnen con delegación de las FARC
Justice For Colombia News | on: Monday, 3 June 2013
POLÍTICOS DE IRLANDA DEL NORTE SE REÚNEN CON DELEGACIÓN DE LAS FARC LA HABANA, 2 DE JUNIO 2013 Justicia por Colombia (JFC), la ONG de Derechos humanos londinense, organizó este fin de semana la visita a La Habana, Cuba, de un grupo multipartidario de read more 
JFC Takes Northern Ireland Cross Party Politicans to Meet FARC
Justice For Colombia News | on: Sunday, 2 June 2013
POLITICIANS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TRAVEL TO CUBA TO MEET THE FARC Havana, 2nd June 2013 Justice for Colombia (JFC), the London-based human rights NGO has this weekend facilitated a cross-party group of politicians from Northern Ireland to meet with leaders of the Colombian FARC guerrilla group in Havana, Cuba. The read moreAgreement reached on land reform in Colombian peace talks
News from Colombia | on: Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government have taken a significant step with agreement being reached on the first of six points on the negotiating agenda: land and rural development. In what is being called an historic moment, the FARC and the Government released a joint statement on read more
