Life and Liberty

Johana López
Mónica Suárez
Enrique Chimonja
Fabio Ariza
Edwin Mosquera


5 human rights defenders,
5 days without hearing their voices,
5 days without their embraces,

5 days without their smiles,
5 days without their struggles for life and dignity
5 days without their presence in the Humanitarian Zones of
“Pueblo Nuevo”, Nueva Esperanza”, “Bella Flor Remacho”.

5 days without their common sense and their educational skills in the Jiguamiando school
5 days without the shield of protection they give
5 days without knowing who is responsible

5 days standing up for respect for their lives
5 days standing up for their liberty
5 days in which all of us have lived for their only reason for living, our only reason for living: love for a new humanity, for a new society.

Life and Liberty
Bogotá, D.C., 04 April 2005
Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz
[Inter-church Commission for Justice and Peace]