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27 June 2015
Peace Brigades International is very concerned about recent security incidents affecting human rights defenders accompanied by PBI in Colombia. PBI is working closely with all four to monitor the situation, and provide a protective accompaniment presence, as well as advocacy and psychosocial supports to help mitigate the risks. Your support is needed to ensure their safety and well-being. See the Amnesty International Urgent Actions below for Berenice and Andrea for more ways to take action.
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31 May 2015
Between May and December 2015, PBI Mexico will publish a series of interviews with Human Rights Defenders which we accompany or with whom we maintain a close relationship. This month we present an interview with Alberto Xicotencatl, director of Saltillo Migrant House.
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25 May 2015
Jorge Molano, a Colombian Human Rights Lawyer, was awarded the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2015. Peace Brigades International (PBI) has provided protective accompaniment in different stages of his life as a lawyer and human rights defender since August 2009.
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29 April 2015
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4 January 2015
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3 December 2014
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16 November 2014
Paris, 2 July, 2014.
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21 July 2014
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1 July 2014
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19 May 2012
UPDATE: On January 22, a court conviced three retired members of the military in connection with Operation Dragon. Learn more in our more recent article here.
In his 25 years as a human rights lawyer, Jorge Molano has represented victims in many emblematic cases such as the Palace of Justice where Coronel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega was convicted after appeal for the crime of aggravated forced disappearance