Mme Yessika Hoyos, avocate du CAJAR et fille d'un syndicaliste assassiné en 2001, s'est vue remettre le prix George Meany-Lane Kirkland remis à chaque année à un(e) défenseur(e) des droits humains qui s'est demarqué(e) par son courage et sa détermination.
The AFL-CIO Union Coalition Presents Award to Yessika Hoyos, Daughter of a Murdered Colombian Trade Unionist
This Wednesday September 16, 2009, the US trade union federation AFL – CIO will formally present the 2008 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to the young human rights defender Yessika Hoyos Morales for her work as a leader and founding member of the Movement, Sons and Daughters for Memory and against Impunity, for her fight to clarify the murder of her father, trade union leader Jorge Darío Hoyos Franco, and for her work as a human rights defender with the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective.