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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

  • Santiago Uribe, brother of Álvaro, convicted of homicide and leading paramilitary group

    5 de diciembre, por Nick
    The brother of Colombia’s hard-right former president Álvaro Uribe led a paramilitary group that murdered civilians and carried out other human rights abuses, a court has found. On 25 November, an Antioquia court sentenced Santiago Uribe to 28 years and three months in prison for aggravated (…)

  • Progressive candidate Iván Cepeda leads polls ahead of 2026 presidential election

    3 de diciembre, por Nick
    Progressive senator Iván Cepeda, a member of President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact coalition, has topped polling published ahead of the first round of Colombia’s presidential election, which takes place on 31 May 2026. In a survey of voting preferences conducted by the pollster Invamer, (…)

  • Colombia human rights update November 2025

    3 de diciembre, por Nick
    High levels of insecurity in several regions took the number of social activists murdered in 2025 to over 170, while over 70 attacks in which at least three people were killed have now been carried out this year. Armed groups are believed responsible for much of the violence, highlighting the (…)

  • President Petro speech on state’s role in UP extermination campaign: transcript

    27 de noviembre, por Nick
    On 9 November, in the city of Santa Marta on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, President Gustavo Petro delivered the following speech in an official ceremony to recognise the state’s responsibility in the extreme violence enacted against the left-wing Patriotic Union (UP) party during the 1980s-2000s. (…)

  • What now for the future of Colombia?

    26 de noviembre, por Nick
    This article by the FBU’s Mark Rowe was originally published in the Morning Star. Mark took part in JFC’s 6-11 November trade union delegation to Colombia. With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports (…)