Former Senator Piedad Cordoba said Sunday that the FARC’s recent announcement that it will halt kidnappings and release its hostages is a “breakthrough” for human rights in Colombia. Piedad Cordoba…
Forty-nine human rights defenders were killed in Colombia last year while violence against these defenders went up by 36%, an NGO collective said Saturday. Spanish press agency EFE was given…
Locals have raised doubts about a case of torture allegedly carried out by guerrilla group FARC in a town in the southwest of Colombia last week, said local media Tuesday.…
Pais Libre, a Colombian foundation for the victims of kidnappings, Monday expressed its doubts over the FARC’s latest declaration that they will put an end to abductions for extortion. The…
The Colombian government submitted evidence of “false victims” of the 1997 Mapiripan massacre to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday, reported local media. The government headed by Juan…
Three top Colombian officials, among them the country’s former Defense Minister, were called to testify on Monday about the 2005 massacre in the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community. Former Colombian…
Numerous Colombian rights groups and farmers who want their stolen land returned said Thursday they are receiving threats from an apparently newly formed “anti land restitution army.” The group vowing…
Colombia’s Justice Minister has ruled out the withdrawal of military courts’ jurisdiction in cases of alleged human rights abuses by security forces, reported Radio Caracol Tuesday. The comments were made by…
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called on the Colombian government to end impunity for crimes committed against the north-Colombian Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado. The San Jose Peace…