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ABColombia (English)
ABColombia is the advocacy project of a group of five leading UK and Irish organisations with programmes in Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF and Trócaire. Amnesty International and PBI are observers.
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ABColombia (Español)
ABColombia es un proyecto de incidencia política de cinco importantes agencias Británicas e Irlandesas con programas en Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF y Trócaire. Amnistía Internacional y Brigadas Internacional de Paz (PBI) son observadores.
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ABColombia is seeking two volunteers to sit on it's Non-Executive Board:
• Finance and Fundraising Lead
• Strategic Development Lead
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Cocomopoca: land restitution without security
May 2012
In September 2011 Afro-Colombian communities in Cocomopoca were finally presented with land title to 73,000 hectares of their ancestral territory.
ABColombia visited Cocomopoca communities in March 2012 to see how the return to their territory was progressing and to discover what lessons could be learnt in the wake of the implementation of the Victims and Land Restiution Law.
One of the illegal mining operations on the banks of the Andágueda River. The mercury and cyanide used are then washed straight into the river.
News and Events
May 2012
Indigenous and Afro-Colombians of Jiguamindó - Rights are Upheld - The Colombian Constitutional Court once again reaffirmed the suspension order made on Muriel Mining Corporation’s Mandé Norte Project in Chocó (en español).
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April 2012
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March 2012
Two forced disappearences in Curvaradó - ABColombia letter to the UK Minister of State Jeremy Browne following the murders of land restitution leader Manuel Ruiz and his son Samir.
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March 2012
Jineth Bedoya: Woman of Courage
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February 2012
2011 Verification Mission to Colombia reveals continuing violence and impunity
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February 2012One year on: in search of Sandra Viviana Cuellar Gallego
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Latest News on Colombia 
Human Rights Defenders: ABColombia, our members and partners, continue to call attention to the risks faced by human rights defenders in Colombia.
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Read more about actions supporting their work and threats against ABColombia partners.
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Recent letters of concern from ABColombia to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Irish Department for Foreign Affairs (DFA).
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The case of David Ravelo Crespo (Director of CREDHOS) detained on unfounded criminal charges.
EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Campaign For the Non-Ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia here.