Colombia’s Congress President is being investigated for land theft and influence peddling in the acquisition of a 126 acres land in the country’s iconic coffee region. The Inspector General Office…
More than 200 people have disappeared in Colombia’s third largest city Cali in the first six months of 2012, the local Ombudsman’s Office said Monday. What causes most concern about…
A network of European organizations have stepped up pressure on the European Union to condemn human rights crimes in Colombia. The International Office for Human Rights-Action on Colombia (OIDHACO) called…
A Colombian army major is accused of taking part in the murder of 11 youths and falsely presenting them as guerrillas killed in battle, local media reported Tuesday. Ex-Colonel Luis…
Nearly 62,000 people have been disappeared in Colombia, announced the country’s ombudsman on Tuesday, the International Day of the Disappeared. The Commission for the Search for Disappeared Persons, a division…
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…
A former commander of the AUC was sentenced to 26 years in prison for mass murder that took place under his command in the north Colombian department of La Guajira…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has said that only 1,243 bodies have been identified and returned to their families out of a total of 3,892 exhumed from mass graves across Colombia…
The current Colombian administration denies the kidnapping, torture, and murder of thousands of citizens. In an interview this past Wednesday, 23 March, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera spoke with certainty about…