On 21st February 2005, eight people were murdered (five adults and three children) from the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado, in a massacre carried out jointly by paramilitaries of the ‘Bloque Héroes de Tolová’ of the ‘Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia’ (AUC) and soldiers of the 17th Brigade of the National Army.[1] Jorge Molano is the lawyer representing Colombian society in the case. Continue reading San José de Apartadó massacre
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Jorge Molano: 2009 – 2014
Jorge Molano was one of the victims of the illegal wiretapping carried out by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS)[1]. Continue reading Jorge Molano: 2009 – 2014
“The worst thing that can happen is that serious violations of human rights”
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.
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Palace of Justice
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
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