Colombian court jails 19 soldiers for murdering civilians
A Colombian court sentenced 19 members of the military to between four and 27 years in prison for the murder of 15 indigenous and disabled people, newspaper El Tiempo reported…
A Colombian court sentenced 19 members of the military to between four and 27 years in prison for the murder of 15 indigenous and disabled people, newspaper El Tiempo reported…
A land rights campaigner and his teenage son have been disappeared by “paramilitaries” in the northwest of Colombia, an NGO said Monday. Manuel Ruiz, a community leader in the Pacific…
United Nations representative Christian Salazar called on Colombia to investigate cases of unidentified persons killed in combat, who he claimed should be reclassified, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Salazar commended the…
The Colombian government has identified the cadavers of nearly 10,000 people, many listed as disappeared, who were buried anonymously in various mass graves throughout the country. Interior and Justice Minister…
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that the Colombian state and paramilitaries are culpable for 16,000 forced disappearances in the country over the last three decades, Spanish…
NGO’s will protest in Belgium to demand answers from the Colombian government about forced disappearances occurring in the country. Amnesty International and the Belgian chapter of Liberty will be protesting…
The United Nations on Wednesday asked Colombia to ratify the global convention against forced disappearance and allow families of the disappeared to seek justice through international courts. Cristian Salazar, director…
Colombia’s Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon will sit down with a representative of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Christian Salazar, to speak about the challenges awaiting Garzon in…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Thursday criticized a Bogota court’s decision to sentence retired Colombian army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega to 30 years in jail for his role in the forced disappearance…