Amnesty International (AI) claimed on Tuesday that indigenous leaders involved in ongoing protests throughout Colombia have received death threats with the intent of “social cleansing” from paramilitary groups.
The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) announced Monday that it would investigate the actions of Colombia’s security forces during agricultural strikes and social protests between July and October.
Talks between Colombia’s government and leaders of the mass protests being conducted by indigenous groups has led to an agreement that allowed the release of all the roads that have…
Indigenous protesters taking part in a national strike have captured seven members of Colombia’s security forces, who are being held in two separate locations in Colombia, according to a statement…
Colombia indigenous rights group ONIC on Thursday decried what they consider excessive police response that left 19 wounded and four arrested during a protest in the Pacific coastal city of…
Indigenous organizing groups partnered with student activists and other populist social movements Tuesday for a national demonstration to mark the start of indefinite protests.
Operations at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine were temporarily suspended after a group of 6,000 indigenous protesters blocked the facility’s entrances late Wednesday.
An indigenous pre-Columbian tomb was discovered just outside of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin during a tree planting ceremony on Tuesday.
62.7% of Colombia’s indigenous population is at risk of extinction, according to statistics provided by the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia to a major Colombian news outlet.