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Justice For Colombia (UK)

JFC is an organisation set up in 2002 by the British trade union movement to support Colombian civil society in its struggle for human rights, labour rights, peace and social justice.

https://justiceforcolombia.org

Artículos

  • Colombia human rights update August 2024

    12 de septiembre, por Nick
    Community leaders, indigenous activists and former guerrillas in the peace process all came under attack in August, as Colombia’s human rights crisis continued impacting several regions. Particularly affected are zones earmarked in the 2016 peace agreement for regional development programmes due (…)

  • SINTRAUNAL trade unionist employed at public university receives threats

    14 de agosto, por Nick
    Colombian trade union SINTRAUNAL, which represents workers in the public university system, has issued an alert over threats made against its national executive member Ximena Socarras Plaza. In a statement released on 6 August, SINTRAUNAL said that Ximena had been targeted the previous day over (…)

  • JFC North West delegation visits Colombia to support peace and human rights

    7 de agosto, por Nick
    A delegation of trade unionists based in northwest England visited Colombia between 18 and 23 July, the latest Justice for Colombia delegation to the country. The main aim of the visit was to develop campaigning on core issues of peace, human rights, trade unionism and social justice in (…)

  • Colombia human rights update July 2024

    7 de agosto, por Nick
    Violence continued to impact several regions of Colombia during the month of July, with Antioquia and Cauca particularly affected. Several social activists were killed, as well as at least two former FARC members in the peace process. The figure of massacres committed in 2024 reached more than (…)

  • Questions in British parliament on peace and human rights in Colombia

    30 de julio, por Nick
    Issues of peace and human rights in Colombia continue to be raised in the British parliament. MPs have submitted several questions to the government. You can review the questions and responses below. Kate Osborne MP (Labour), 30 July 2024 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth (…)