The Serranía de San Lucas, spread between Antioquia and Bolivar, has been trapped within the horrors of a never-ending armed conflict. This corner of Colombia has witnessed massacres, displacements and violence for so many years that war scars are etched into the countryside and into the stories and memories living in the people of these forgotten lands.
Continue reading The Biodiversity of the Serranía de San Lucas
We are here with the lawyer Jorge Molano, accompanied by PBI since 2009, a human rights defender who recently received an award from a Dutch organization, Lawyers for Lawyers, in appreciation of a lifetimes work in the defence of human rights in Colombia.
Continue reading “The worst thing that can happen is that serious violations of human rights”
The colours of Colombian life, Colombian energy and the immense natural beauty of this country often distracts you from the pain present in so many communities that have suffered so much and continue to suffer with the lack of truth and widespread impunity that exists.
On 6th November 1985, a commando of guerrillas from Movimiento 19 de abril (M-19) assaulted the Palace of Justice in Bogota in an attempt to put the President at that time, Belisario Betancur,[1] on trial politically, “as a reaction to what it considered to be breaches [by the government] of the peace agreements reached the year before”.[2] Continue reading Palace of Justice
