January Reports Indicate Dismal Times Ahead for Colombia's 7,500 Political Prisoners http://upsidedownworld.org/main/colombia-archives-61/2900-january-reports-indicate-dismal-times-ahead-for-colombias-7500-political-prisoners

The first month of 2011 has not fared well for political prisoners and prison conditions in Colombia. Already at least two fatalities have occurred under questionable circumstances, along with four arrests of student and labor activists. While the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos speaks about improvements regarding human rights in the country, facts on the ground suggest otherwise.

Liliany Obando: Political Prisoner in Colombia http://upsidedownmain/colombia-archives-61/2899-liliany-obando-political-prisoner-in-colombia-

When the Colombian state arrested her on August 8, 2008, sociologist and documentary film maker Liliany Obando, mother of two, was serving as human rights director and fund raiser for Fensuagro, Colombia’s largest agricultural workers’ union. A week earlier, she had issued a report documenting 1500 union members murdered or disappeared since 1976.

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