Impunity for human rights violators and corruption continue to be major concerns for American officials, according to a U.S. government report released Thursday. The U.S. State Department’s 2011 Country Report on…
Colombia’s human rights record improved very little over the past year, according to Amnesty International’s annual report released Thursday. The report said some progress had been made under the administration…
Gunmen killed one victim and wounded four others during an assassination attempt against a labor organizer in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, on Wednesday. According to local media, assassins arrived…
With the passage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the United States and Colombian governments need to protect human rights defenders and trade unionists in the Andean nation more than…
The Canadian government’s failure to report on Colombian human rights, as promised as part of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA), drew criticism from the country’s opposition Thursday. The FTA, which…
A network of European organizations have stepped up pressure on the European Union to condemn human rights crimes in Colombia. The International Office for Human Rights-Action on Colombia (OIDHACO) called…
The Colombian Senate proposed a bill which would allow anonymous testimony in cases regarding violations of international humanitarian law, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. “Many people fear to make such…
The use of female circumcision is increasing the number of deaths of young girls in indigenous communities, said the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) said Thursday. The practice…
A 15-day-old baby from an indigenous tribe in western Colombia has died after her clitoris was removed in a banned ancestral practice, reported Radio Caracol Monday. The infant, who died…