Anti-Militarism: News & Updates

surveillance, intimidation and harassment of Claudia Julieta Duque, journalist with the human rights organization Equipo Nizkor and with Radio Nizkor

stabbing of Jhon Alexander Holguín Ramirez and death threats to his lawyer Andrea Torres Bautista; Jhon Alexander Holguín Ramirez and mother Jacqueline Ramirez are involved in a high profile human rights case

surveillance of Berenice Celeita, Director of the Research and Social Action Association (NOMADESC) at her home in Bogotá

death threats to journalist of David Romero Ellner, director of Radio Globo

death threats to witnesses in two prominent human rights cases: Jacqueline Ramirez, Andrea Torres Bautista and Luis Carlos Ramirez; also, attack on Luis Carlos Ramirez, who narrowly escaped

disappearance of political journalist Bernardo Javier Cano Torres, who had been threatened by the brother of the former mayor of Iguala, Guerrero, who was removed from office for his suspected role in the disappearance and presumed execution of 43 college students in September 2014

death threats to Miguel Briceño, leader of the peasant farmer community of El Porvenir in Puerto Gaitán Municipality, Meta Department.

assassination of Nasa indigenous members Mario German Valencia Vallejo, Belisario Trochez Ordóñez, Cristián David Trochez and disappearance of Berney Trochez and Wilson Trochez, all resisting illegal mining in Cauca

disappearances and assassinations of four students, ages 13-21, in Comayagüela: Elvin Antonio López, Darwin Josué Martínez, Diana Yareli Montoya, and 13-year-old Soad Nicolle Ham Bustillo, with clear signs of torture.

after the forced disappearance (and suspected assassinations) of 43 college students in Guerrero in September 2014, urging the government to improve and expedite its investigation