Case History: Deivis Flórez
Human rights organisations in Colombia continue to face threats of attack. Throughout 2015, pamphlets distributed in Colombia routinely state that named individuals and human rights defenders must leave the area they are in and cease all of their human rights activities. The pamphlets, signed and marked with the stamp of a paramilitary group, most frequently “Las Aguilas Negras”, threaten increased targetting against activists who choose to continue their work.
Deivis Flórez is a member of the Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos – CSPP (Political Prisoner's Solidarity Committee). CSPP is one of the founder organizations of the Colombian Coalition against Torture, and provides legal assistance to prisoners and detainees whose rights have been violated.
