Olga Araújo Casanova always uses both of her surnames in honour of her mother. Continue reading “Being a human rights defender in Colombia means getting up and facing uncertainty”: Olga Araújo
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Revitalising dignity: Walter Agredo
Walter Agredo is a member of the Political Prisoners’ Solidarity Committee Foundation (Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos – FCSPP), and is one of the human rights defenders that PBI have had the privilege of accompanying. Continue reading Revitalising dignity: Walter Agredo
Daniel Prado: “Unfortunately in our country receiving threats goes hand in hand with a commitment to life and dignity”
When Daniel Prado was studying law at university at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, a lot of people he knew were forcibly disappeared. Continue reading Daniel Prado: “Unfortunately in our country receiving threats goes hand in hand with a commitment to life and dignity”
Leonardo Jaimes Marín
Leonardo Jaimes Marín has dedicated his entire life to defending human rights. Continue reading Leonardo Jaimes Marín
Elkin Ramírez
Elkin Ramírez was one of the founding members of the Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL) in 1993. More than two decades later he continues in the daily struggle to defend land against new models of development being implemented in Antioquia. Continue reading Elkin Ramírez