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New clash between villagers and police at Conga
Plataforma Interinstitucional Celendina (PIC)
PRESS RELEASE: 29-05-13
Yesterday a delegation of approximately 1,500 villagers travelled to the Perol Lagoon to carry out an inspection, following a series of pronouncements by the government and the mining company that the Conga project is advancing. The villagers were prevented from carrying out the inspection by the national police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. One man, José Guillermo Cueva, aged 30, was injured in the arm and stomach.
We believe in peace and we will build a just peace!
Ecumenical Peace Table
(Mesa Ecuménica por la Paz)
Bogotá, 27 May 2013
"OUT OF AN ETHIC FOR PEACE
WILL COME A PEACE WITH ETHICS"
On May 18 and 19 2013 approximately 300 leaders of various Christian churches gathered at the Pontifical Javierian University in the city of Bogotá in an Ecumenical Forum for Peace, to deliberate and reflect on the importance of applying an ethical framework in the context of the current dialogues between the government and the FARC. The Ecumenical Peace Table movement was publically launched during the Forum.
Petition online: Demand the Colombian government security for women’s organizer Alfamir Castillo and her lawyers
Darbey Mosquera, son of Alfamir Castillo, was murdered on 28 February 2008 by the Colombian Army and then presented as a guerrilla killed in combat -these cases are known as "falsos positivos" and represent a crime against humanity.Since then Alfamir Castillo together with her husband have been fighting for justice; she is also an organsier of the women in Pradera, Valle del Cauca, a sugar cane cutters town.
43 Reasons to demand justice - Video
On September 26th 2014, 43 students from a teacher-training college were participating in a demonstration when they were rounded up by the police and - according to reports - handed over to Guerreros Unidos, a criminal gang of drug traffickers. They were never seen again.
The disappearance of these students has shone a light on the close cooperation which exists between the state, political establishment, police and paramilitary drug gangs. In spite of the alleged "war on drugs," a climate of violence, collusion and impunity reigns in much of Mexico.