With Colombia on lockdown over the coronavirus, killing the country’s human rights defenders and community leaders has never been easier. Fearing that quarantine measures in place to contain the spread…
Inmates’ fears that prison guards are not doing enough to prevent coronavirus outbreaks inside Colombia’s notoriously overcrowded and unhygienic prisons turned violent on Saturday. According to media, violence broke out…
With the birth of “The Resistance,” Colombia’s President Ivan Duque and his far-right party face increasingly organized opposition from human rights defenders, anti-corruption activists and conflict victims. “The Resistance” announced…
Human Rights Watch decried police abuse in attempts to quell largely peaceful protests in Colombia last year and a lack of efforts to hold these cops accountable. The HRW report…
While failing to provide protection, Colombia’s authorities criminalize the defenders of human rights, a United Nations special rapporteur said Wednesday. The report of Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on…
Members of Colombia’s Congress are implicated in violence against human rights defenders, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders said Monday. In an interview with…
The United Nations’ office in Colombia put its weight behind its human rights office and, at his request, debunked President Ivan Duque’s claim he was making progress. In a press…
Colombia’s government “wanted to completely erase my report,” the United Nations special rapporteur on the situations of human rights defenders told weekly Semana. Special Rapporteur Michael Forst was additionally refused…
President Ivan Duque’s absurd claim that the United Nations’ human rights office is intruding on Colombia’s national sovereignty demonstrates how hopelessly clueless he is. The UN report’s recommendation to transfer…