Colombia rights activist accused of FARC ties begins hunger strike
An alleged FARC collaborator and financier began a hunger strike on Wednesday following what she...
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Colombia police rearrest activist for alleged ties with FARC
Colombia’s police arrested a labor rights activist on Wednesday on renewed accusations she...
Colombian labor rights activist convicted for FARC ties
A Colombian labor rights activist has been convicted for being a member of rebel group...
Judge orders release of farmers’ rights activist
A Bogota judge has ordered the immediate release of labor rights activist Liliany Obando, who was sent to jail in 2008 amid accusations she had ties to rebel group FARC, international NGOs said Thursday. According to the NGOs, a...
Senior UK figures call for release of Colombian human rights activist
Over 100 British politicians, lawyers and unionists have called on the Colombian government to immediately release a human rights defender and trade unionist imprisoned for three years without trial. Liliany Obando was arrested...
