This massacre took place on 16th May 1998 in Barrancabermeja (Santander), when highly armed paramilitaries murdered seven local inhabitants and disappeared another 25 people who had been taking part in a community fundraising event. Continue reading Barrancabermeja massacre
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Criminalisation of social protest
In Colombia, 2013 was marked by important demonstrations[1] at which grave human rights abuses were committed, and the police and military authorities used excessive force. At the initiative of the Foundation Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (FCSPP), a hearing was held on 31st October at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the situation of social protests in Colombia at which the petitioners (FCSPP, Asociación Campesina del Catatumbo (Ascamacat), Corporación Reiniciar, the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR), the Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CPDH), and the Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP)) expressed their concern for the repression of social protest in Colombia.[2] Continue reading Criminalisation of social protest
Cases of extrajudicial executions taken on by CCAJAR
The Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) provides legal representation to approximately 130 victims of alleged extrajudicial executions implicating hundreds of officers, junior officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces. Continue reading Cases of extrajudicial executions taken on by CCAJAR
Murder of trade union leader Jorge Dario Hoyos Franco
Since 2002, the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) has represented the relatives of Jorge Dario Hoyos Franco, a trade union, civic and community leader, and member of the Union Patriotica Movement, who advised on the creation of different trade union organisations, conflict resolution and collective negotiations with many other unions inside Colombia and abroad. Continue reading Murder of trade union leader Jorge Dario Hoyos Franco
Trujillo massacre
The Massacre of Trujillo refers to multiple and successive human rights violations committed between 1988 and 1994 in the municipalities of Trujillo, Bolivar, and Riofrio (Valle del Cauca), including enforced disappearances, torture and the murders of approximately 340 people at the hands of a coordinated criminal structure which included members of the Army, Police, local politicians and paramilitaries from the North Valle cartel. Continue reading Trujillo massacre