QUITO, ECUADOR – Gina Pena said she was leaving a humanitarian aid office in Ecuador’s capital Quito one day when she saw the man who had threatened her life back in Colombia. “If I open my mouth, he’ll cut my family up. That’s what he told me,” Pena recalled, adding she no longer feels safeContinueContinue reading “Ecuador: Colombia refugees stage weeks-long protest against UNHCR (Al Jazeera)”
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Amnesty: A Win for Colombia’s Peace Process? (The New Internationalist)
QUITO, ECUADOR – Liliany Obiando is finally free – after nine years. For almost a decade, Colombian sociologist, human rights worker and former political prisoner Liliany Obando has been engaged in a long and complex battle with the Colombian state and judicial system. She was charged with ‘rebellion’ in 2008, but this March the state officiallyContinueContinue reading “Amnesty: A Win for Colombia’s Peace Process? (The New Internationalist)”
Kimberley Michelle Brown 