The Association for the Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared
(ASFADDES)http://www.asfaddes.org/ Asfaddes is a human rights group
working with the relatives of people who have disappeared and been
murdered as part of repression. As well as report events and monitoring
legal cases, they provide human rights education. ASFADDES has recently
denounced the continuing harassment of attorney Daniel Prado working with
them on various cases of forced disappearance and has suffered threats.
This is an example of the intimidation ASFADDES has suffered at their
national office in Bogotá, and at their regional offices in other parts of
the country.
The Regional Committee for the Defence of Human Rights This
organisation (CREDHOS) acts in promoting and protecting human rights on a
regional level.
The San Pablo, Cantagallo, Puerto Wilches and Yondó Human Rights
Committees Providing human rights promotion and protection at the
level of each municipality, they co-ordinate their work with CREDHOS.
Lawyers' Collective "José Alvear Restrepo" As well as providing
legal advice to people or organisations affected by repression, lawyers in
this Collective are involved in bringing to trial cases that implicate
army officials in massacres, assassinations and other serious human rights
violations.
Amnesty International has expressed concern for their safety
following the public distribution of a poster calling for the Collective's
"institutional annihilation". This poster accused the association of being
the judicial arm of the ELN guerrillas. Such accusations are usually
followed by abductions, murders or torture.
In recent months, several members of the Collective have reportedly
been kept under surveillance and have received anonymous phone calls. Many
human rights lawyers have been killed in Colombia, and others have been
forced into exile in fear for their lives.
The Association for Alternative Social Advancement "Minga"http://www.mingaong.com.co/ This group works in the area of human rights
promotion and protection. It provides legal advice to people or
organisations affected by repression. It also provides human rights
education and assistance to displaced people.
The Intercongregational Commission of Justice and Peace This
church group provides human rights education and assistance to displaced
people.
Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL) This is a human rights
organisation dedicated to the legal defence of people who are either
persecuted because of their political opposition or because of their
participation in popular organisations.
Centre for Investigation and Popular Education (CINEP)http://www.cinep.org.co/ This group works with displaced people, running
workshops on people's education and human rights, and investigating the
social conflict, violence and internal displacement.