Protests are organized in 58 cities around the world for Friday to protest against the mass killing of Colombia’s human rights defenders. The protests are the initiative of Defendamos la Paz,…
Colombia’s foreign ministry wants the United Nations’ human rights office to stop talking about an armed conflict, but use the term “complex situation” instead, according to newspaper El Espectador. The…
Weekly Semana published evidence confirming claims that Colombia’s army is trying to identify commanders who expressed concern to the New York Times about the commander’s order to double the number…
Increased military and paramilitary activity in the northeast Colombia has worsened the situation of the locals who were already terrorized by guerrillas, according to human rights defenders. The coca-rich region…
Colombia’s so-called “false positives” scandal is centered around the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians by the military that dressed their victims as guerrillas to present them as combat kills…
Colombia’s security forces continue to present murdered civilians as members of illegal armed groups killed in combat, according to the United Nations’ human rights chief. According to the UN High…
Colombia’s military has begun a witch hunt to find the officers who leaked videos and testimonies of soldiers who were subjected to fake kidnappings and torture as part of their…
The persistent failures of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to implement a peace deal with demobilized FARC guerrillas has strengthened illegal armed groups and increased violence against social leaders, according to…
Human Rights Watch and several journalists said on Wednesday that the Colombian military is trying to find out who “told the truth” to the New York Times about a new…