Category Archives: Urgent Action
Take Action: Thirteen Colombian Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Death Threat
July 6, 2012Thirteen Colombian human rights defenders received a death threat on July 4 declaring them to be military targets. Among the thirteen are several people with whom CoDev has
Posted in Colombia, Human Rights, Uncategorized, Urgent Action | 1 CommentOpponent of Vancouver Mining Transnational Gunned Down in Guatemala
June 14, 2012On June 13th, 2012, after a month of receiving death threats regarding her opposition to a mine in her community, Yolanda Oquely Veliz, 33, was shot three times last night by gunmen on a motorcycle as she left a community … Continue reading
Posted in Guatemala, Human Rights, Urgent Action | 7 CommentsDisplaced Afro-Colombian Community Organization Threatened
July 22, 2011We have recently received the attached urgent action from our partner NOMADESC regarding a disturbing attack on COPDICONC, an organization of Afro-Colombian communities from Nariño and southern Cauca, many of whom have been forcibly
Posted in Colombia, Human Rights, Urgent Action, Worker's Rights | Comments OffTake Action: Honduran Human Rights Under Attack
March 24, 2011Here at CoDev there is always the possibility that we will check our emails and receive news from our partners that their livelihoods and lives are at risk. Unfortunately this isn’t as infrequent an event as we would like it … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Honduras, Human Rights, Uncategorized, Urgent Action | 2 CommentsTake Action: Colombian Partner Faces Death Threats!
January 12, 2011In the short time since we sent you an urgent action on December 20th asking for letters to protest ongoing death threats against NOMADESC and other union and human rights organizations in Cali and the southwest of Colombia, several more … Continue reading
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