The Colombian prison institute was ordered to award a former inmate approximately $55,000 to compensate for inhumane conditions while he was imprisoned. William Alberto Molina allegedly endured such inhumane conditions…
Ten Colombian military officers were barred for allegedly torturing 21 fellow soldiers as a part of counter-guerrilla training, reported RCN television network on Tuesday. According to RCN, the soldiers were…
Colombia’s capital Bogota marched on Thursday for the “World Day for Decent Work,” organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in order to draw attention to the lack of what…
Women “in most cases are forced to abort due to unfortunate circumstances such as a lack of sexual or emotional training,” claimed the Colombian Catholic Church on Thursday during this week’s episcopal…
Colombia’s government has failed to stop and punish sexual violence against women, according to Amnesty International Thursday. The Colombian authorities must do more to address the ongoing sexual violence against…
The future of the new bill to regulate euthanasia in Colombia is still uncertain as the debates continue in the senate on Tuesday. Voices for and against the new bill,…
Human rights organizations said on Tuesday that the investigations of extrajudicial killings, known in Colombia as “false positives,” need to be “treated as crimes systematically produced and not as isolated…
As many as 83 human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia’s northwestern department of Antioquia from 2010 to September 2012, reported newspaper El Tiempo Tuesday. During the same period…
The Colombian government introduced a bill on Thursday to ensure equality among the country‘s Afro?Colombian communities. According to newscast CM&, the project was announced by Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo to…