Colombia’s Ombudsman and the Mayor of Bogota have been trading public blows after the human rights office released a report over increased activity of illegal armed groups in Bogota. The report…
Exactly a year after reports paramilitary group AGC had embarked on a Pablo Escobar-like cop killing spree, Colombia’s Ombudsman called on authorities to act. In the first three months of…
More than 3,000 people have been displaced in western Colombia amid fighting between left-wing ELN rebels, their neo-paramilitary rivals “Los Urabeños” and the army, according to authorities.
Ombudsman officials from Colombia’s states bordering Venezuela have been put on permanent alert after the mass deportation of Colombian citizens from the neighboring country.
After a year of strikes by prisoners and guards alike in protest of dangerous conditions and human rights violations, Colombia’s ombudsman prepared a report on the nation’s most overcrowded penitentiaries.
A Colombian Senate commission has approved the reduction of term limits for a number of top government positions as part of the “Balance of Powers” reform put forward by the…
Colombia’s ombudsman called on the national government to declare a state of emergency Monday in response to dangerous prison conditions and continued worker strikes.
Investigations have revealed that soldiers were poisoned by meat laced with high concentrations of pesticide, according to a report released on Friday.
Fifteen children from indigenous communities have died in the northern state of La Guajira this year due to extreme drought and unsanitary conditions, local media reported on Friday.