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Contents
- Opinion: Did Mr. Harper get a full measure of Colombia's human rights abuses? By Rev James Dekker (July 2007)
- A missed opportunity for a new vision: KAIROS Commentary on Prime Minister Harper's Trip to Latin America (20 July 2007 )
- Community Action and Witness Resources:
Days of Prayer and Action for Peace in Colombia
- Invitation to Join the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia, May 20-21 2007
- Submission to the Nova Scotia Power rate hearing, on the subject of Nova Scotia Power’s use of Colombian coal (24 January 2007)
- Kimy Pernia Domicó was assassinated, admits Colombian paramilitary leader (19 January 2007)
- International Tribunal on human rights finds Colombian government guilty: 25 November 2006
- Veredicto del
Tribunal Internacional contra la impunidad: Casos de CIUDAD BOLIVAR
Y CAZUCA
Bogotá, Colombia, Noviembre 25 de 2006. - Meditation on Colombia: Lifting High the Humble. By Jim Dekker, KAIROS Board member, CRCNA (December 2006)
- Final Statement of
the Third National Encounter of the Movement of Victims of State-Sponsored
Crimes, Bogotá, Colombia (July 9 2006)
- Colombia at a Glance
- A brief history of Colombia
- Colombia, is your heart a house with open doors? (Reflection)
- Agenda for Peace, Justice and Human
Rights in Colombia
- Links about Colombia
- KAIROS urgent actions about Colombia
- KAIROS letters and statements about Colombia
- KAIROS news releases about Colombia
- List of our partners in Colombia
- The Hidden Story
video and study
guide
- Human Rights Watch report – Smoke and Mirrors: Colombians Demobilization of Paramilitary Groups
- Amnesty
International (Canada) focus on Colombia
Colombia has suffered almost five decades of internal armed conflict, a conflict rooted in huge and growing inequities and fueled by massive amounts of military aid from the United States. The Colombian government has responded to the conflict with a counter-insurgency strategy that targets the civilian population. The result is one of the worst human rights situations in the world.
Yet ask the average North American what they associate with Colombia and they will likely answer: cocaine, violent drug cartels, and left-wing rebels. This distorted image¾created by highly selective media coverage¾ has obscured both the reality of Colombia’s dirty war and those responsible for it. As a result, massive human rights violations have failed to draw the level of international outrage and concerted action that abuses of similar proportions in other parts of the world have drawn.
The current government claims that the human rights situation is improving, yet their statistics ignore a marked increase in forced disappearance and torture. As well, these claims coincide with a context in which the work of human rights defenders to denounce human rights abuses has become significantly more risky.
KAIROS works with human rights groups, churches, women’s organizations and other social movements in Colombia. With our partners, we are actively engaged in advocacy campaigns to oppose militarization, end impunity, defend human rights and promote peace with social justice.
KAIROS works with a number of human rights groups and peace-building groups in Colombia, with a particular focus on the struggles faced by women and Indigenous peoples. We support these women’s organizations and their tenacious and creative work in building movements for peace and human rights. And we are dedicated to raising their analysis and perspectives, so that the true story of Colombia will be heard by the Canadian public and our government.
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