David Ravelo Crespo, the Secretary General of the non-governmental human rights organization Corporacion Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CREDHOS), Georgina Morales, student leader and member of the organization, and other members of CREDHOS are in danger. Mr. Crespo has received … [Read more...]

DOMINGO TOVAR ARRIETA – Director of the Human Rights Department of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, (CUT), Columbian Trade Union Confederation On October 30, 2003 Domingo Tovar Arrieta reportedly received an anonymous call on his mobile phone. The caller told Arrieta, “Pagará con su vida la … [Read more...]

At 7 am on April 20, various armed men with machine guns entered the home of the brother of Coca-Cola union leader Efrain Guerrero's wife in Bucaramanga, and fired indiscriminately at the family. Guerrerro's brother-in-law, Gabriel Remolina and his wife Fanny were shot dead. Three of their children … [Read more...]

JUAN CARLOS GALVIS – Human Rights Advocate, National Union of Food Industry Workers Vice-President The area of Barrancabermeja is under siege by army backed paramilitaries that control entire sections of the city. These forces frequently accuse trade unionists of sympathising with guerrillas. As … [Read more...]

KAIROS is extremely concerned about the life and personal safety of Lilia Solano. Lilia is a human rights activist, an academic and a member of the Mennonite church who is presently director of the church-based human rights organization, Proyecto Justicia y Vida and a professo of social and … [Read more...]

Luis Eduardo Guerra, the well-known leader of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Antioquia, Colombia, and seven other people, among them women and children, were murdered between the 21st and 22nd of February. Luis Eduardo was one of the community leaders most admired for the clarity and … [Read more...]

In April 2005, Mr. Tan Kai, along with Mr. Lai Jinbiao, Mr. Gao Haibing, Mr. Wu Yuanming, Mr. Qi Huimin and Mr. Yang Jianming informally founded Green Watch, an environmental civil society group created in response to complaints from residents of Huashui Town in Dongyang City regarding pollution … [Read more...]

The observatory has been informed by Human Rights in China (HRIC) of the detention of Mr. Yan Zhengxue, who is actively involved in human rights campaigns and an outspoken human rights promoter, as well as a well-known artist and dissident. In the lead up to the meeting of the Central Party … [Read more...]