Is Colombia going from war to peace to genocide?
With at least 23 social leaders killed in three months of peace with the FARC, community leaders are terrified they are at the dawn of a wave of paramilitary violence…
With at least 23 social leaders killed in three months of peace with the FARC, community leaders are terrified they are at the dawn of a wave of paramilitary violence…
A human rights defender was attacked and left critically injured by gang members in Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, late Sunday night. According to local media, the 39-year-old Yudy Andrea Seguro,…
Deadly attacks against displaced war victims trying to have their land returned cost yet another life on Sunday in an ongoing wave of violence against community leaders in Colombia. The latest killing took…
For the first time since the breaking of the “false positives” scandal almost nine years ago, Colombia prosecutors called a general to trial to respond for the execution of civilians who…
Internal displacement and a rise in the arrival of undocumented immigrants to Colombia has spurred a humanitarian crisis on the borders, according to the United Nation’s refugee agency UNHCR. Along with Colombia’s human rights office,…
As many as 117 social leaders and human rights defenders were murdered in Colombia in 2016, according to conflict-monitoring NGO Indepaz. The number of homicides of rights leaders registered by the…
On the very day Colombia’s defense minister denied the existence of paramilitary groups, local media reported the assassination of three human and civil rights workers by presumed AUC successors. A woman who…
2017 could mark the dawn of a new era for Colombia following the signing of peace with Marxist FARC rebels. After more than half a century of conflict, the country enters a process…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that, based on the testimonies of six generals, Colombia’s former army commander knew about the mass killing of civilians who ended up registered as…