Colombia’s central Boyaca department is “poised for a human rights crisis” due to a lack in progress in talks between the national government and striking farmers, said a leader of…
An “ethical and political trial” took place in Colombia over the weekend to protest against the allegedly unethical practices of multinational gold firm Anglo Ahshanti (AGA) and oil giant Pacific…
Seven soldiers have been charged for murdering civilians to fake the death in combat of a now-arrested neo-paramilitary drug lord, local media reported on Sunday.
Thirty-seven human rights defenders were killed in Colombia between January and June of 2013, making it the most violent six-month period on record for humanitarian workers in the country, according…
A court in central Colombia has upgraded the extrajudicial execution of civilians by the armed forces to a crime against humanity, reported Caracol Radio on Friday.
The Colombian army has executed more than 3,900 civilians to inflate its apparent success in the ongoing fight against leftist rebels, paramilitary groups and drug traffickers, the country’s Prosecutor General’s…
Colombian representatives Monday will tackle the issue of human rights in a discussion with the European Union in Brussels.
The United Nations has urged Colombia’s Congress to make changes to a pending military justice reform to “avoid serious damage” to the country’s international commitment to the protection of human…
Four Colombian policemen have been arrested and jailed for allegedly sexually abusing and torturing a minor, local media reported Sunday.