Colombia’s armed forces continue extrajudicial executions of civilians: Report
Colombia’s security forces in 2012 executed 52 civilians who were then presented as enemy combatants killed in combat, according to a report by the human right NGO CINEP.
Colombia’s security forces in 2012 executed 52 civilians who were then presented as enemy combatants killed in combat, according to a report by the human right NGO CINEP.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating former army commander General Mario Montoya and three other generals for their alleged role in the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians, reported El…
The representative of the United Nations in Colombia said Monday that no victims can be excluded from truth and reparation in an ongoing peace process to end the nearly 50-year…
The United Nations’ human rights office on Wednesday praised the Colombian government’s decision to extend the organization’s mandate in the country for three more years.
At a human rights summit on Tuesday, nearly 80 United Nations member states supported Colombia’s peace talks with the country’s largest rebel group, FARC, while some showed concern about impunity…
Touching on impunity and prison overcrowding, Colombia’s vice president on Tuesday discussed the government’s human rights report to be presented to the United Nations (UN).
A land restitution NGO in northern Colombia reported on Friday that they are receiving threats, and that one young displaced man was assassinated.
A Colombian land restitution activist was assassinated on Tuesday in the northern Cordoba department. Ever Antonio Cordero, a land restitution activist working with Fundacion Forjando Futuros in the municipality of…
Colombia’s defense minister on Sunday said that rebel group FARC used civilians as human shields during recent combat in northwestern Colombia. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, rebels from…