Colombia’s social organizations called for a day of protest on Friday to mourn 311 social leaders and human rights defenders who have been assassinated since 2016. Citizens and groups announced…
Days after former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro denounced systematic death threats against his former campaign coordinators, one of them was assassinated. The murder of Petro’s presidential campaign coordinator in Caceres,…
Colombia’s authorities seem unable or hardly interested to curb the wholesale slaughter of the country’s social leaders that has skyrocketed since a peace process came into force. The most recent…
Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced people (IDPs), according to the United Nations. In its annual report, the UNHCR, the agency in charge of monitoring forced displacement, said…
Multiple sources over the weekend reported the deaths of at least eight social leaders and human rights activists throughout Colombia. FARC dissidents released a video on Sunday in which they…
More than 70 United States Congressmen urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to defend Colombia’s social leaders who are facing deadly violence. In a letter, the lawmakers call on the…
As Medellin energy company EPM is rushing to begin operating the Hidroituango hydroelectric dam, two more representatives of the local community were murdered. This means that so far five members…
Colombia has seen a spike in assassinations of human rights leaders in 2018, according to a report by a leading human rights think tank. A total of 46 human rights…
Colombia and the international community must do more to curb an increase in violence associated with the country’s peace process, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Office for the…