Deadly violence against Colombia’s leaders remained high in 2023
Deadly violence targeting Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leaders maintained...
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Colombia registers 5 massacres in 48 hours
Think tank Indepaz said on Tuesday that Colombia’s police reported five massacres within 24...
Colombia’s armed conflict moving to cities: report
Colombia’s illegal armed groups are increasingly moving their violence from the countryside...
How violent Colombia became while Duque was in office
Violence in Colombia escalated significantly during the regime of outgoing President Ivan Duque,...
More than 1000 community leaders, human rights defenders assassinated during Colombia’s peace process: report
At least 1,000 of Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leaders have been...
59 of Colombia’s social leaders assassinated in first four months of 2019: report
Fifty-nine community leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia in the...
Are Colombia’s social leaders facing another extermination?
More than 200 social leaders, peasant representatives and human rights defenders have been murdered since the start of Colombia’s peace process, according to a report.
Colombia’s ELN rebels continued territorial expansion during peace talks: report
Colombia’s last-standing rebel group, the ELN, continued its territorial expansion in 2017...
ELN proposes exchange of Canadian captive for mining rights
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, on Wednesday demanded mining rights for the rural poor in exchange for the Canadian mining executive currently being held hostage. The rebels said the captive Jernoc Wobert,...
ELN-related violence peaks, FARC attacks fall in March
Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN increased attacks against military targets and the oil sector in March. The upsurge in violence comes amid doubts about the guerrillas’ possible participation in peace talks...
FARC, ELN ‘join forces’ to fight foreign companies
Colombia’s two largest rebel groups Sunday announced closer collaboration in northeastern Colombia to “confront the big oligopolies, transnational capital and imperialism.” “The political moment which the...
ELN could ‘grow to 6K members’: NGO
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, could grow from 2,500 to 6,000 armed members if not allowed to participate in the ongoing FARC-government peace talks, said conflict-monitoring NGO Indepaz on Friday. According to...
