The organizers of Colombia’s biggest anti-government protests in four decades in November have revealed details on Monday’s national strike. The new wave of protests and marches follow the extremely violent…
The social leaders who organized Colombia’s biggest antigovernment protests in more than four decades in November are calling for renewed protests for Monday. The national protests come little more than…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque reignited protests against himself in the capital Bogota on Wednesday after revoking local authorities’ measures to combat the coronavirus. Residents in the capital spontaneously began banging…
Human Rights Watch decried police abuse in attempts to quell largely peaceful protests in Colombia last year and a lack of efforts to hold these cops accountable. The HRW report…
The United Nations’s human rights office (OHCHR) blasted Colombia on Wednesday, claiming to have evidence the security forces are colluding with illegal armed groups while the government is failing to…
Police in Colombia’s capital Bogota detained almost 12,000 people during last year’s anti-government protests “to criminalize” them, according to a human rights NGO. During a debate about the police’s abuse…
Ahead of last week’s anti-government protests, Colombia’s police arrested six social leaders on terrorism support charges. Among the detainees is David Ravelo, the son of a human rights defender who…
Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez allegedly downplayed the violence that took place after the resumption of anti-government protests in Colombia’s capital on Tuesday. Lopez was criticized by both Bogota’s human rights…
Despite violent incidents in Bogota and Medellin, anti-government protests resumed peacefully throughout Colombia and are expected to expand despite sabotage attempts. The organizers of national strikes that began in November…