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Colombian Activist Waits in Prison Limbo
World  (tags: world, columbia, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, government, corruption, displaced, Afro-Colombians, land, cattle, lumber oil, supression, discrimination, indigenous, people )

Tom
- 261 days ago - latimes.com
Community organizer Carmelo Agamez, who was helping people with land claims, has spent five months in jail and still has not seen the evidence against him, been told who his accuser is or been notified of a trial date. Welcome to justice, Colombia style.
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Take Action: Demand Release of Detained Colombian Activists, Victims of Baseless Prosecutions
World  (tags: world, columbia, prosecutions, prison, suppression, government, crime, corruption, politics, injustice, mine workers, activists, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', violence )

Tom
- 261 days ago - action.humanrightsfirst.org
Colombian prosecutors accuse human rights defenders of membership in a guerrilla organization and rely heavily on false testimony and inadmissible intelligence reports. Baseless prosecutions are attempts to silence and discredit human rights activists.
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Fidel Castro in Farc Hostage Plea
World  (tags: Cuba, Columbia, Fidel Castro )

Michael
- 532 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Cuba's former President Fidel Castro has called on the Colombian Farc rebel movement to release all of its remaining hostages.
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Agrofuels on Stolen Lands Continue to Threaten Colombian Rainforests and Communities
World  (tags: biofules, columbia, stolen, land, rainforest, destroy )

NotSilent
- 591 days ago - news2note.4t.com
TAKE ACTION Agrofuels on Stolen Lands Continue to Threaten Colombian Rainforests and Communities at the expense of Colombia's ancient primary rainforests, food security, water...
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ON THIS DAY - 2003: Columbia Shuttle Disintegrates Killing Seven
World  (tags: usa, columbia, space, astronauts, shuttle, Cape Canaveral, 2003, on this day )

Chrissy
- 687 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The US space shuttle Columbia has broken up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere killing all seven astronauts on board. This is the first time there has been an accident on landing in the 42 years of American space flight.
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