Ángel Amílcar Colón is a defender of the rights of Garifuna Afro-descendant peoples and former President of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH). In 2009, he was on route to the US in search of work that would enable him to pay for cancer treatment for his son, when he was arrested by Mexican police in the northern border city of Tijuana. Thus began a nightmare of torture, racism, fabricated charges and five years of unjust imprisonment. In 2014, Ángel was released and all charges against him were dropped after Amnesty International adopted him as a prisoner of conscience and campaigned with other human groups for his freedom.  Ángel is an inspiring, courageous voice for justice, rights, dignity and an end to torture.