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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Colombia
13.05.2008 British shoppers have been warned that some products on sale may contain palm oil grown in Colombia after paramilitaries murdered or forced poor people off their land amid mounting demand to use the fruit of palm oil trees.
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From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Conflict] [Land] [Agriculture]
A Sudanese woman and her daughter.
12.05.2008 Fatima Ahmed from Sudan, Yanar Mohammed from Iraq, and Robitalia Moreno Díaz and María del Rosario Moreno Díaz from Colombia all link their experience of motherhood to their drive to work for social justice.
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From: MADRE
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [Sudan] [Peace] [Conflict] [Activism] [Gender] [Refugees] [Agriculture]
Image: A Sudanese woman and her daughter. © Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
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28.04.2008 Kolumbian naisia, erityisesti maaseudulla asuvia, mustia tai intiaaneja, uhkaa jatkuvasti kova kohtalo maata repivän konfliktin uhreina. Ihmisoikeusloukkaukset ja köyhyys koettelevat erityisesti naisia.
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From: OneWorld Spain
Related topics/regions: [Conflict] [Gender] [Human rights]
Image: - © Christian Aid
Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image
14.04.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Geopolitics] [Trade] [Economy] [Labour]
Image: Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image © Lutheran World Relief
10.04.2008 "Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
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From: Global Exchange
Related topics/regions: [Panama] [Peru] [South Korea] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Environmental activism] [Trade] [Labour] [International cooperation] [Agriculture]
04.04.2008 The proposed U.S. free trade agreement with Colombia will have a number of negative repercussions for the South American nation, such as worsening rural poverty, fueling armed conflict and drug trafficking, and exacerbating climate change, says Yifat Susskind.
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From: MADRE
Related topics/regions: [United States]
03.04.2008 Joukkomurhaan osallistuneen taistelijan tunnustus on viemässä 15 paramilitaaria oikeuden eteen Kolumbiassa kahdeksan aikuisen ja kolmen lapsen surmasta vuonna 2005.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Conflict] [Justice and crime]
12.03.2008 Kaupunkien ja maaseudun suuret erot ovat isoin este vuosituhattavoitteiden täyttymiselle Kolumbiassa.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [MDGs]
Peace demonstrators in central Bogota.
08.03.2008 BOGOTA, Mar 7 (OneWorld) - Amid the escalating diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, Ecuador, and now Nicaragua, tens of thousands of Colombians marched yesterday in solidarity with the victims of their country's violent conflict. They were joined by demonstrators in capital cities across the continent, as well as Paris and New York.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Governance] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security]
Image: Peace demonstrators in central Bogota. © Henry Mance
Nicaraguan presidentti Daniel Ortega
07.03.2008 Farc-sissejä jahtaavan Kolumbian tehtyä hyökkäyksen Ecuadorin alueelle Ecuadorin presidentti Rafael Correa on kiertänyt latinalaista Amerikkaa pyytäen valtioita tuomitsemaan Kolumbian hyökkäyksen. Vastauksena Correan pyyntöön Nicaragua on nyt katkaissut diplomaatiset suhteet Kolumbiaan.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Nicaragua] [Conflict]
Image: Nicaraguan presidentti Daniel Ortega
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.
06.03.2008 As diplomatic and military tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela rise, Forrest Hylton delves into the complex relationships between Colombian President Uribe and his political allies, the right-wing paramilitaries, Chávez, and the FARC.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related topics/regions: [Ecuador] [Venezuela]
Image: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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06.03.2008 Sissiliike FARCin mukaan hallituksen joukkojen hyökkäys tuhosi mahdollisuudet panttivankien vapauttamiseen ja poliittisen ratkaisun löytämiseen Kolumbian konfliktiin. Hyökkäyksessä Ecuadorin puolelle kuoli FARCin kakkosjohtaja ja kuusitoista muuta sissiä.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Conflict]
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Silvio Ruiz of the Bogota Association of Recyclers.
05.03.2008 BOGOTA, Mar 5 (OneWorld) - People who earn their living by sorting through and reselling municipal waste have reasserted their role as garbage recyclers and productive members of the global economy at an unprecedented event here this week.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Capacity building] [International cooperation] [Labour] [Business] [Conservation] [Social exclusion]
Image: Silvio Ruiz of the Bogota Association of Recyclers. © Henry Mance
26.02.2008 Kolumbian lähetystöjen ja konsulaattien edustalle maaliskuun 6. päivä koottavissa mielenosoituksissa vaaditaan totuutta maassa surmattujen ammattiyhdistysaktiivien kohtalosta. Kolumbiassa on surmattu viimeisten 22 vuoden aikana 2 574 ammattiyhdistysaktiivia.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Human rights] [Conflict]
06.02.2008 Noin kaksi miljoonaa kolumbialaista marssi FARC-sissejä vastaan eri puolilla maailmaa Facebook-verkkopalvelun kautta organisoidussa mielenosoituksessa. Globaali mielenosoitus toi Kolumbian konfliktin maailman tietoisuuteen, mutta sen pelätään myös kiristävän tunnelmia maassa, jossa rauhanneuvottelut ovat olleet jo vuosia umpikujassa.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Internet] [Activism] [Conflict] [Security]
Image: © Henry Mance
From the rally on Bogota's 7th Avenue.
06.02.2008 BOGOTA, Feb 5 (OneWorld) - An estimated 2 million Colombians marched here Monday in a show of opposition to the FARC guerrillas. Worldwide, solidarity protests organized through the Facebook online platform spanned 193 cities in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [ICT] [Internet] [Activism] [Justice and crime] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Peace] [Security]
Image: From the rally on Bogota's 7th Avenue. © Henry Mance
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04.02.2008 Oppositio ja kansalaisjärjestöt pelkäävät Kolumbiaan suunniteltujen FARC-sissiliikkeen vastaisten mielenosoitusten kiristävän maan tilannetta entisestään ja tekevän neuvotteluratkaisujen hakemisen vaikeammaksi.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Conflict]
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Children in a displaced people's camp in Colombia
04.02.2008 Colombian social movements warn that demonstrations planned for 4 February will polarise the country, prolong the civil war and end hopes that the conflict will be humanised.
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Image: Children in a displaced people's camp in Colombia © Amnesty International USA
A young Colombian refugee.
23.01.2008 Approximately 2,000 Colombians, including members of indigenous groups, fled their villages over the past two weeks as militias are intensifying their armed campaigns in the rural areas, writes the UN.
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From: United Nations
Image: A young Colombian refugee. © Refugees International
15.01.2008 Puolisotilaallisten yksityisarmeijoiden, sissien ja huumeverkostojen ote Kolumbiasta ei hellitä. Konflikti on jättänyt jälkeensä kymmeniä tuhansia kuolleita ja kadonneita.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Conflict]
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