Dear friends and supporters of Peace and Justice for Colombia, PJFC in Australia and the world,
Due to the implications of the attempts to criminalize international solidarity we forward this public denunciation issued by the Permanent Campaign in Solidarity with the Colombian political detainees.
We are concerned about the information received that the Australian Federal Police, appear to have breached the rights of Colombian trade unionist and human rights campaigner Liliany Obando unjustly held at the “El Buen Pastor” women’s prison in Bogota, Colombia.
Yours in solidarity,
Peace & Justice for Colombia, PJFC Continue reading »
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Dear comrades,
We wish to extend greetings to your forum. We also send our solidarity in your efforts to have Liliany released immediately.
Her work with The National Federation of Agricultural Farming Unions, part of which was a tour of speaking engagements in Australia, was obviously too effective in explaining the human rights crisis in Colombia. Her imprisonment is a travesty of justice, without even a trial! Continue reading »
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Today 8 August, it is exactly one year since the Colombian police detained our comrade and friend Liliany Obando and charged her with two counts of rebellion and managing funds for a terrorist organization.
On this open letter, Liliany herself gives a brave account on how the Colombian government uses her case in an effort to silence the political opposition and proponents for social justice. Continue reading »
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By Miguel Ángel Beltrán Villegas,National Model Jail/High Security Block, July 31st, 2009
 Miguel Ángel Beltrán, kidnapped in Mexico and held as a prisoner in the Model Jail in Bogotá [Colombia], writes from prison a letter to his comrades and teacher colleagues in which he presents the state in which he finds himself and the irregularities that gnaw at his trial. Below we present the letter in its entirety. Continue reading »
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Thursday 6th of August, 6:00pm
@ Melbourne University Student Union, Members′ lounge (Ground Floor, enter via Tin Alley, Parkville).
Entry by donation
 Minga means “collective” or “community work”. In this session we will hear about the different social movements in Colombia, from the indigenous struggle for self determination, the Afro-Colombian opposition to forced displacement and against free-trade agreements, the people´s movement for peace with social justice.
With the participation of a Colombian Academic & member of Peace & Justice for Colombia
Plus footage & video. Continue reading »
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People´s Power is Changing the World
Victorian Trades Hall
 Major cracks are appearing in the global capitalist system – cracks that are being forced open by the tide of rebellions and revolutions across Latin America.
From Cuba to Venezuela and Bolivia to El Salvador, people’s power is toppling neo-liberal governments, challenging multinational corporations, and constructing social and economic alternatives to the plunder, war and injustices of the old system. For 50 years, the Cuban revolution has inspired millions of people around the world struggling for independence, human rights and genuine democracy. Now, the Venezuelan revolution, with its vision of “socialism of the 21st century”, is continuing to provide examples of what a socialist government can achieve. Continue reading »
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In June 2009, a delegation of 5 parlamentarians from Uribe´s government in Colombia visited Australia. This was a follow up from the visit in March this year of the Colombian Trade Minister.
While this delegation attended a session in the Parliament, Senator Doug Cameron (ALP- NSW) gave a speech in which he refers to the trade and human rights in Colombia. Download full document.
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By Garry Leech, from Colombia Journal
 On August 8, 2008, Colombia’s National Police arrested Liliany Obando and charged her with the crime of rebellion and providing funding to a terrorist group. Ten months later, Obando had yet to have her day in court and remained a prisoner in Bogotá’s Buen Pastor Prison. Her work for the international relations commission of FENSUAGRO (The National Federation of Agricultural Farming Unions) included speaking and fundraising trips to Canada, Europe and Australia during which she openly and repeatedly criticized the Colombian government’s human rights record. Obando was the first person arrested as part of the so-called FARC-politica scandal that resulted from alleged evidence found on the laptop computer of FARC Commander Raúl Reyes, who was killed by the Colombian military in March 2008. I recently interviewed Obando in her prison cell. Continue reading »
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The Colombian health workers trade union ANTHOC yesterday announced that one of their regional leaders in the central region of Bolivar has been assassinated. Vilma Carcamo Blanco was killed at around midday on Saturday when men on motorcycles pulled alongside her car and shot her repeatedly as she was driving in the town of Magangue. She was the 19th trade unionist killed so far this year in Colombia and, as in the other cases, her killers have not been brought to justice. Continue reading »
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Senator Piedad Córdoba and Colombians for Peace,
Warm greetings,
We are very happy with the six Colombians that have now returned to their families thanks to the humanitarian effort you all have done. We are also very worried about the declarations made by President Álvaro Uribe against Colombians for Peace, accusing you of being “the intellectual block of FARC”.
We are particularly worried about the death threats that have followed those declarations. Continue reading »
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