Political Prisioner Liliany Obando and her documentary film, Following the footsteps of resistance

It is almost 40 months since Liliany Obando was detained and incarcerated on bogus charges of rebellion — a practice that has become common in Colombia under Alvaro Uribe’s regime, aimed at silencing the political opposition.

During this time she has been denied home detention seven times without reason and in violation of her constitutional rights. The case has already been plagued with irregularities from the start including harassment of her family.

In Colombia thousands turned out demanding the end of repression and demanded a humanitarian exchange of political prisoners as a first step towards a political solution to the social and armed conflict in the country.to the social and armed conflict in the country.