Colombian judge absolves 8 soldiers accused of killing civilians
A judge in the northeast of Colombian has absolved eight soldiers who had been accused of murdering civilians in order to present them as guerrillas killed in combat, the local…
A judge in the northeast of Colombian has absolved eight soldiers who had been accused of murdering civilians in order to present them as guerrillas killed in combat, the local…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday appointed a replacement for the ambassador to Peru who recently resigned to face charges related to his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Former…
Colombia is “firmly and genuinely committed to human rights,” President Juan Manuel Santos told an Inter-American seminar on human rights on Wednesday. At the Bogota opening of the Seminar on Strengthening…
The UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia has called on the country’s government Friday to choose an ombudsman with “high morals and ethics” in the elections next week. UN…
Members of Colombia’s security forces are under investigation for the extrajudicial execution of almost 3,000 civilians, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday. Until June 1, 1,882 members of the security…
Prisoners all over Colombia have gone on hunger strike to protest pervasive overcrowding and unbearable conditions. Calls for the resignation of the director of the country’s prison authority rose on…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has guaranteed legal aid for members of the armed forces who are investigated for crimes they may have committed on duty, including the extrajudicial killings…
A Colombian Senate commission on Thursday approved the regulation of euthanasia 15 years after its decriminalization. The bill was passed by 11 votes to 5. Coalition U Party Senator Armando…
More than 200 people have disappeared in Colombia’s third largest city Cali in the first six months of 2012, the local Ombudsman’s Office said Monday. What causes most concern about…