Colombia’s former army intelligence chief sentenced to 31 years
A court sentenced a former general to 31 years in prison for his role in the 1985 siege and...
Tag: human rights
Colombia accounts for almost half of human rights defenders assassinated in 2023
Colombia accounts for almost half of the human rights defenders who were assassinated globally...
Human rights prosecutors attacked in northern Colombia
Unidentified armed men opened fire on a helicopter transporting human rights prosecutors who were...
Armed conflict in Colombia displaced more than 180,000 people in 2022: ICRC
Armed conflict in Colombia forcibly displaced more than 180,000 people last year, according to the...
OAS urges Colombia to release people arrested over 2021 protests
The human rights agency of the Organization of American States called on Colombia’s...
Poverty, violence and Colombia’s State failures main human rights concerns in 2022: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that high levels of poverty and violence, and failures in the...
Petro’s kill plot claims confirm Colombia’s failed security policy
An alleged plot to kill the frontrunner in Colombia’s election race highlighted the...
Colombia claims organized protest equates to organized crime
Colombia’s prosecution has stepped up the criminalization of anti-government protests,...
Colombia’s commemorations of national strike largely peaceful
Marches to commemorate victims of police brutality during a national strike last year remained...
Colombia commemorates national strike, mass killings of social leaders
Social organizations have called for a protests throughout Colombia to commemorate anti-government...
UN and OAS urge Colombia to investigate military massacre
The human rights offices of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS)...
Colombia’s army chief insists massacre victims were drug traffickers
The commander of the national army insisted that the civilian victims of a military massacre in...
