The Colombian government on Thursday released a statement denying that perpetrators of extrajudicial killings known as “false positives” enjoy near-total impunity from justice, saying that the accusation “does not correspond…
Nearly a quarter of a century after the Palace of Justice siege, there are still no answers on what became of the eleven people who went missing during the attack.…
Nine NGOs participating in an Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing in Washington criticized Colombia’s Justice and Peace process as giving impunity to human rights abusers, and accused the…
The Colombian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a U.S. request for the extradition of demobilized paramilitary boss Edwar “Diego Vecino” Tellez Cobos, saying he must first comply with the terms…
Colombia was the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists in 2009, with 40 assassinated over the year, it was revealed at the Second National Meeting on Anti-Trade…
Prosecutors discovered a plan to assassinate the judge in charge of the trial against retired army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, newscast CM& reported on Thursday. The retired colonel is accused…
The Colombian government has rejected the recent release of suspected guerillas, and of seventeen soldiers accused of extrajudicial executions. The soldiers and the guerrillas were released after judges ruled that…
Lawyers Thursday accused Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of trying to influence the trial against former colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, who is suspected of being responsible for the disappearance of civilians…
Twenty one years on from the Segovia massacre in Antioquia, survivors gathered in Medellin to remember the 43 civilians gunned down by paramilitaries. Those responsible remain unpunished. The massacre, which…