The Bishop of Apartadó and the Catholic Church denounced the increase in killings of social leaders and political activists in...
Category: Vulnerable Communities
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Zenú Indigenous Peoples from the Alto San Jorge Resguardo Cordorba
By ABColombiaIn Emblematic Cases, Human Rights, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Extractives, HRDs, Indigenous, Land, Paramilitaries, Zenu
The Zenú Resguardo of Alto San Jorge in Cordorba consists of 47 communities numbering 19,022 people distributed in three areas:...
31.10201529/01/2019
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ABColombia Statement – Zenu Indigenous Peoples
By Louise WinstanleyIn Emblematic Cases, News, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Communities, Human Rights, Indigenous, Land, Security, Zenu
Three Zenú Indigenous People assassinated in three months: ABColombia calls on the Colombian Government to implement security measures promised more...
30.06201529/01/2019
Alexander Lopez – humanitarian crisis in Buenaventura
By ABColombiaIn Emblematic Cases, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Buenaventura, Communities, Pacific Coast
In June 2015, Colombian congressman Alexander Lopez visited the Catalan and UK Parliaments to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis...
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ABColombia Partner Tierra Digna win landmark decision on Prior Consultation
By ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining, Prior Consultation, Tierra Digna
On 15 May 2015, as a result of an Annulment Action submitted by ABColombia’s partner organisation Tierra Digna, the Colombian...