With Colombia’s amnesty law currently being debated in Congress, the United Nations released a statement urging the government to ensure the legislation “fully respects international standards regarding human rights.” The amnesty law, which…
Colombia’s recent wave of assassinations and death threats against rights defenders and community leaders has reached a new low after the archbishop of Cali, an active supporter of peace, received a death threat. “Death to…
Colombia’s defense minister announced an offensive against FARC dissidents on Wednesday following the defection of five members from the Marxist guerrilla group earlier this week. “Those who declare dissent from the…
Some 300 guerrillas have deserted the FARC since the rejection of an initial peace deal with the Marxist rebel group in an October 2 referendum, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Thursday. According to…
As part of a peace deal to end 52 years of war, Colombia’s government on Wednesday pardoned the first 100 FARC guerrillas, and expects to reach 300 by early 2017. “The…
Hours after Colombia’s constitutional court approved a revised peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, the government presented Congress an amnesty law that is key for the guerrillas’…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, said Tuesday that one of its leaders and four mid-level unit commanders have been removed from the organization for refusing to demobilize and disarm.…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved a revised peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels on Tuesday, and allowed Congress to “fast-track” priority legislation necessary for the demobilization of the country’s oldest guerrilla group. The court’s endorsement…
Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels said Saturday that they have effectively begun their demobilization process and are now coordinating with the military and the United Nations to transport thousands of guerrillas to…