Colombia opposition senator receives death threat amid congressional Uribe probe
Colombian senator Ivan Cepeda received a funeral card allegedly signed by neo-paramilitary groups,...
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Senator-elect Claudia Lopez once again at risk of assassination attempt
Senator-elect, Claudia Lopez, received warning on Saturday by a national security force that she...
Amnesty International calls on Santos to fix victims law
The Spanish wing of Amnesty International launched an online campaign this week calling for Colombia’s president to remedy the shortcomings of the Victims and Land Restitution law. “In Colombia, those who are fighting for the...
Bogota theater groups protest death threats
An estimated 1,500 artists and supporters united in protest Tuesday against the death threats sent to 12 theater groups one week ago in Bogota, reported Colombian media. The colorful, musical, and dramatic group marched through...
Bogota theater groups receive death threats
Twelve Bogota theater groups have received death threats from the neo-paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras,” local media reported Thursday. Luis Vicente Estupiñan, from the Teatro la Disidencia theater group, reported...
Congressman Cepeda allegedly recieves death threat
Colombian Congressman Ivan Cepeda revealed on Wednesday he was warned of an alleged plot to murder him as he visited a prison, reported Terra news. While visiting the Tramacua de Valledupar Prison on June 13, Cepeda received a...
NGOs call for protection for besieged Afro-Colombian communities
Human Rights organizations have called for urgent action to be taken to protect Afro-Colombian communities following a recent spate of atrocities committed by paramilitary groups acting with impunity. The Afro-Colombian...
Authorities launch manhunt after narcotrafficker threatens journalist
Medellin authorities have targeted Henry de Jesus Lopez, alias “Mi Sangre,” after he allegedly sent death threats to a journalist. Mary Luz Avendaño, a journalist for El Espectador, received threats from Mi Sangre...
Up to 1,000 indigenous people on lock down under FARC orders
The Human Rights Ombudsman for the Choco department condemned the FARC guerrillas Wednesday for ordering hundreds of indigenous people not to move from their lands. Ombudsman Victor Raul Mosquera told television station Caracol...
Former DAS director indicted again for political assasination
A former director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS is being taken to trial for the second time for his alleged role in a political assassination, local media reported Wednesday. A Supreme Court prosecutor handed down a...
Death threats to journalists increasing in Colombia
Death threats against Colombian journalists have increased over the past six months, according to the Inter American Press Association report. While noting that in the past six months there were no cases of journalist murders in...
Human rights activists in Medellin in danger: Ombusman
Members of human rights organizations in the Medellin neighborhood of Comuna 6 are receiving death threats from illegal armed groups said the local Ombudsman. Medellin Ombudsman Jairo Herran Vargas has emphatically dismissed the...
