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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. More
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Peace Week for the Vicitms of the Colombian Conflict
This September (5 - 12) the Catholic Church in Colombia is celebrating Semana Por La Paz - Peace Week in honour of the thousands of victims of the Colombian conflict under the heading ‘Integral Reparation; because no victim is a stranger’. read more
Death threats against human rights defender intensify
Death threats against human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo continue to cause grave concern. Click here to watch a video produced by PBI, showing David’s current situation, his work and the measures he must take as a human rights defender under threat.
Latest News on Colombia 
ABColombia welcomes the FCO 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights
In March, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, presented the British government's Annual Report on Human Rights 2009.
The Colombia chapter focuses on 5 key areas, human rights defenders and civil society groups, impunity, internally displaced people, indigenous rights and extrajudicial killings.
ABColombia shares the British government's assessment that the overall human rights situation in Colombia "remains a serious concern" and that illegal armed groups continue to represent a severe threat to human rights and law. more
