Within this framework of activities and as an exception, we are publishing this announcement, due to the serious humanitarian crisis and lack of protection within which communities in the Colombian territories are currently living, which include combat situations between illegal armed groups,1 wide-spread death threats2 and generalised forced displacements3 within the recent weeks in different areas of the country. Continue reading PBI expresses its concern regarding the increase of risks for human rights defenders
Tag Archives: Uraba
With just a few shots, they have taken Mario Castaño’s life away
After a month and a half we return to the community of La Madre Unión, in the La Larga and Tumaradó river basins. Continue reading With just a few shots, they have taken Mario Castaño’s life away
Another leader killed in Urabá
Urabá has always been considered a lawless territory where the strongest hand rules, stained with endemic violence and fought for between actors in the armed conflict. Continue reading Another leader killed in Urabá
Return to La Madre Union
La Larga Tumarado Collective Territory of the Black Communities
At 11 o’clock in the morning it is hot in the Biodiversity Zone of La Madre Union, in La Larga Tumarado river basin. Continue reading Return to La Madre Union
PBI meets with representatives of the Diplomatic Corps and land rights leaders
PBI´s work includes shedding light on the processes that we accompany, their struggles and challenges and to convene spaces in which the reality in the territories can be known. Continue reading PBI meets with representatives of the Diplomatic Corps and land rights leaders