Right-wing extremist group the Aguilas Negras are threatening to kill anyone who opposes Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque. In the latest death threat and manifesto by the group’s “Southwestern Bloc,”…
Colombia’s prosecution announced on Wednesday that it has opened a hotline for journalists, social leaders and human rights defenders who receive death threats. The hotline was opened after foreign governments…
Leftist guerrilla groups are responsible for almost 17% of the civilians who were killed in Colombia’s armed conflict, according to the country’s most comprehensive study to date. The National Center…
Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP) has been infiltrated by organized crime and is spying on the people they are supposed to protect, according to local media. Among the ranks of…
Colombia’s inspector general said Wednesday that criminal organizations are working with the police and the military to assassinate community leaders and human rights defenders. According to Inspector General Fernando Carrillo, “state…
Under national and international pressure, Colombia’s outgoing president Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday announced increased efforts to curb the killing of social leaders. Santos announced his response to the latest…
Amnesty International (AI) bashed Colombia’s authorities on Monday over their “silent complicity” in the increased violence against social leaders and human rights defenders. The international human rights group is the…
Leftist politician Gustavo Petro almost became president of Colombia last month. But the killing and threatening of his supporters is making a future run virtually impossible. One of the latest…
Colombia’s social organizations may be under fire, but they are not dead yet.