::NONVIOLENT INTERVENTION IN CONFLICT ZONES::
PROTECTIVE ACCOMPANIMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA
As the current US-led war escalates and threatens to spread to other
conflict zones around the world, the work of Peace Brigades International
becomes even more important in protecting local activists and organisations
working in areas of intense political repression.
PBI Australia is proud to invite you to an Information Night on PBI's work
in Colombia and the current human rights situation in Colombia and
Guatemala.
:::Special Guest Speaker - Eve Scarfe:::
with slides, photographic and video presentations
Eve Scarfe, a recently returned Australian volunteer with the PBI
Colombia Project, will speak of her experiences and insights into
the work of PBI in Central America and the current human rights
situation.
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Thursday November 8
6.30 pm
Trades Hall Bar,
Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton
Entry $5 or donation. Light refreshments and drinks available.
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PBI is an independent, grassroots organisation that provides
nonviolent protective accompaniment to human rights workers,
lawyers, unionists, church leaders, women's organisations and
displaced communities who fear for their lives. PBI's international
volunteers in Colombia physically accompany the threatened person
wherever they go, stay at their homes overnight, sit outside their
offices, remaining at their side until the death threats diminish.
According to Amnesty International, the human rights crisis in
Colombia has reached 'alarming proportions'. As the killing of human
rights defenders and the forced exile of others in Colombia has
continued, there has been an increase in the demand for the
international protective accompaniment offered by PBI.
In June this year Eve Scarfe was part of the PBI mission to
Guatemala to review the situation in the light of requests by
Guatemalan organizations to re-open the PBI project there.
International awareness and concern strengthens PBI's protective
presence in Colombia and other countries. Come along and support the
struggle for peace, human rights and social justice in Central
America.
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For further information contact PBI on 03 9415 6642 or
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www.peacebrigades.org
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