Colombia opposition senator receives death threat amid congressional Uribe probe
Colombian senator Ivan Cepeda received a funeral card allegedly signed by neo-paramilitary groups, local media reported Monday.
Colombian senator Ivan Cepeda received a funeral card allegedly signed by neo-paramilitary groups, local media reported Monday.
Senator-elect, Claudia Lopez, received warning on Saturday by a national security force that she is at high risk of an assassination attempt, local media reported.
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…
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,…
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 the…
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…
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…
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…
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…