Arhuaco conflict intensifies in indigenous territories of Cesar - Other Cities - Colombia

The position of various members of the Arhuaco people regarding governance continues to deepen the internal crisis of this community in Nabusimake, jurisdiction of Pueblo Bello (Cesar).

The most recent confrontation took place last Thursday, in the midst of a riot in this territory, where the intervention of the National Army was necessary.

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According to them, the discrepancies arose after the revocation of the provisional measure of the Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court regarding the registration of the three governing councils of the indigenous people of Nabusimake, which also covers the suspension of the registration as governor of Zarwawiko Torres Torres.

The systematic acts of violence have exceeded the limits. The Colombian state cannot remain indifferent to the risk and imminent threats to the Arhuaco people

“As long as the judicial orders of the indigenous authorities (mamos) and ordinary justice are not followed and respected, we will continue with this situation,” said Leonor Zalabata, Human Rights Defender of indigenous peoples of Colombia.

The community denounced, in a statement, that some members of this ethnic group challenge the authority of the mamos and incite violenceintroducing new patterns of behavior that threaten the cultural integrity of this territory.

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“The systematic acts of violence have exceeded the limits. The Colombian state represented in the different entities cannot remain indifferent to the risk and imminent threats to the essential bases that support the Arhuaco people”, stresses the community.

Faced with these complex differences in criteria, they reiterate the presence of national entities and international organizations to verify what is happening in this area, since the cultural integrity of the Arhuaco people is at risk.

Tension in the population and humanitarian route

The Army had to intervene in yesterday’s confrontation because the situation is getting worse

The Cesar Regional Ombudsman, José Hernández, revealed that he is designing a humanitarian route to establish what decisions are adopted in the face of this situation, since there is permanent tension in the area due to these discrepancies.

“The Army had to intervene in yesterday’s confrontation because the situation is getting worse. There was a struggle between them, but there were no injuries. We are evaluating how to intervene, because it is not easy to make them understand that we are not trying to interfere in their internal affairs,” the official explained.

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Arhuaco conflict intensifies in Nabusimake - Other Cities - Colombia

The position of various members of the Arhuaco people regarding governance continues to deepen the internal crisis of this community in Nabusimake, jurisdiction of Pueblo Bello (Cesar).

The most recent confrontation took place last Thursday, in the midst of a riot in this territory, where the intervention of the National Army was necessary.

(Also: Four police officers after theft of 22 rifles at the Sucre station are dismissed)

According to them, the discrepancies arose after the revocation of the provisional measure of the Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court regarding the registration of the three governing councils of the indigenous people of Nabusimake, which also covers the suspension of the registration as governor of Zarwawiko Torres Torres.

Members of this ethnic group would be defying
the authority of the mamos and incite violence

The systematic acts of violence have exceeded the limits. The Colombian state cannot remain indifferent to the risk and imminent threats to the Arhuaco people

“As long as the judicial orders of the indigenous authorities (mamos) and ordinary justice are not followed and respected, we will continue with this situation,” said Leonor Zalabata, Human Rights Defender of indigenous peoples of Colombia.

The community denounced, in a statement, that some members of this ethnic group challenge the authority of the mamos and incite violenceintroducing new patterns of behavior that threaten the cultural integrity of this territory.

(You may be interested: The moving reunion of a puppy with his hospitalized master in Armenia)

“The systematic acts of violence have exceeded the limits. The Colombian state, represented in the different entities, cannot remain indifferent to the risk and imminent threats to the essential foundations that support the Arhuaco people”, emphasizes the community.

Faced with these complex differences in criteria, they reiterate the presence of national entities and international organizations to verify what is happening in this area, since the cultural integrity of the Arhuaco people is at risk.

Tension in the population and humanitarian route

The Army had to intervene in yesterday’s confrontation because the situation is getting worse

The Cesar Regional Ombudsman, José Hernández, revealed that he is designing a humanitarian route to establish what decisions are adopted in the face of this situation, since there is permanent tension in the area due to these discrepancies.

“The Army had to intervene in yesterday’s confrontation because the situation is getting worse. There was a struggle between them, but there were no injuries. We are evaluating how to intervene, because it is not easy to make them understand that we are not trying to interfere in their internal affairs,” the official explained.

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Russia intensifies attacks on RFE/RL – USAGM

Russia intensifies attacks on RFE/RL

January 11, 2022

Washington, D.C. — Even as U.S., NATO, and OSCE representatives meet with Russian diplomats this week to discuss Russia’s aggressive military posture along Ukraine’s borders and simultaneous demands for security guarantees, Russia’s campaign to silence independent media and drive Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) out of the country has continued unabated. With the designation of six more journalists as “foreign agents” and a growing number of fines under the “foreign agent” law, RFE/RL enters 2022 with eighteen Russian-national journalists on the government’s “foreign agents” list, and facing over $13 million in assessed fines.

Said RFE/RL President Jamie Fly, “In concert with the threat posed by the 100,000 soldiers Russia has deployed along Ukraine’s borders, Russia’s bullying actions against independent journalism have also intensified. RFE/RL will continue to provide the Russian people with the news and information they need to hold their government accountable.

On December 30, Russia named two RFE/RL journalists, Yelena Vladykina and Ivan Belyaev, as individual media “foreign agents,” along with six other prominent Russian voices including Pussy Riot group members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Veronika Nikulshina, well-known satirist Victor Shenderovich, and former Channel One Deputy Director Marat Gelman. The designation makes them subject to onerous and invasive financial reporting requirements and forces them to add lengthy, legally mandated labels of their “foreign agent” status to all electronic communications or posted content. Four weeks earlier, on December 3, four other current and former RFE/RL journalists were named “foreign agents” — Alina Grigoryeva, Andrei Grigoryev, Regina Khisamova, and former contributor Regina Gimalova.

These latest additions increased the total number of individuals named to the Justice Ministry’s media “foreign agent” list to 75; another 36 media organizations are also labeled as “foreign agents.” In addition to nine RFE/RL services and RFE/RL’s Russian subsidiary, prominent media organizations registered as “foreign agents” include Voice of America, Jellyfish, VTimes.io, The Insider, TV Dozhd, iStories, Zone of Rights, Mediazone and the investigative outlet Bellingcat, as well as the protest monitoring group OVD-Info and the election monitoring project Golos.

Due to its refusal to submit to the unjust and invasive content labeling provisions of the “foreign agent” law, Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor has also issued another series of violation protocols against RFE/RL – the eighth since the beginning of 2021. RFE/RL now faces a total of $13.4 million in fines, which it continues to fight in Russian court; it has also filed suit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the law.

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