Colombia investigating 22 generals over extrajudicial killing scandal
Colombia’s attorney-general has said he will step up investigations of 22 army generals for their alleged role in the killing of dozens of civilians in a notorious episode of the…
Colombia’s attorney-general has said he will step up investigations of 22 army generals for their alleged role in the killing of dozens of civilians in a notorious episode of the…
Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported a free trade agreement with Colombia after the largest private oil company operating in the South American country pledged $100 million to the…
Groups that emerged from the AUC during the paramilitary group’s demobilization between 2003 and 2006 continue to be the biggest threat to public security and human rights in Colombia, the United…
Ombudsman officials from Colombia’s states bordering Venezuela have been put on permanent alert after the mass deportation of Colombian citizens from the neighboring country.
Colombia’s humanitarian situation remains severe in spite of ongoing peace talks with rebel group FARC and is likely to endure following a peace deal, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) fiercely criticized Colombia’s government for promoting legislation “that would undercut accountability for unlawful killings of civilians by the military, including so-called false positive killings.”
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has launched an initiative that seeks to prioritize pending investigations of more than 3,000 crimes committed against human rights defenders since 2006.
The Colombian government needs to do more to protect human rights workers who have been threatened by right-wing death squads, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating the remains of 92 people who could have been among those allegedly disappeared during the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Bogota in which at…