Over 27 thousand people currently missing in Colombia
Over the last three years the Prosecutor’s Office has receved reports of the forced disappearances of 27,384 people, victims of armed rebel groups. The latest report from by the Justice…
Over the last three years the Prosecutor’s Office has receved reports of the forced disappearances of 27,384 people, victims of armed rebel groups. The latest report from by the Justice…
Amnesty International called on Colombia’s armed groups to respect human rights after a human rights worker was seriously injured in an attack by FARC rebels. According to the human rights…
Colombian NGOs are to present innumberable unsolved cases of alleged human rights violations and war crimes to the International Criminal Court, which will be closely monitoring criminal justice proceedings in…
The Colombian army Monday claimed to have killed more than 25 members of the FARC in combat forty miles east of Cali. On Saturday, press agency AFP reported 18 guerrillas…
Authorities in the Cundinamarca department Sunday found the bodies of two members of the council of Sumapaz, the rural area just south of Colombia’s capital, Bogota. The bodies of the…
At least 18 leftist rebels and soldiers were killed in the past week in southwestern Colombia clashes as Latin America’s oldest guerrilla conflict continues to rage, a military official said…
During a day of rememberance for the victims of one of Colombia’s darkest episodes, the Union Patriotica (UP) massacres, a representative for the UN High Commission for Human Rights declared…
Peace Commissioner Frank Pearl said he cannot guarantee when the FARC handover of hostages to the Colombian government would take place. The liberation of Sergeant Pablo Emilio Moncayo, soldier José…
With over 8,000 victims between 1990 and August 2009, Colombia holds the record for highest number of victims from land mines in the world, according to the country’s authorities. More…