Miami police case which saw tasered Colombian teen killed will be put before UN
Local human rights activists in Miami aim to submit the case of 18 year old Colombian who died after being tasered by police, to the U.N committee against torture.
Local human rights activists in Miami aim to submit the case of 18 year old Colombian who died after being tasered by police, to the U.N committee against torture.
Rural protests that kicked off across Colombia last week have turned violent over the weekend in the southwest of the country, protest organizers and authorities said Monday.
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.
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…
Ongoing violence related to protests and roadblocks in Colombia’s countryside has left 4 dead and 50 injured, as well as resulting in the temporary detention of 27 police officers, according…
Colombia’s defense minister announced on Thursday he’ll be sending the military to cities where police failed to maintain the peace at anti-government protests Thursday during which at least a hundred…
Human rights defenders announced to be suing the Colombian state for the alleged use of excessive force in clashes with demonstrators involved in mostly rural anti-government protests.
Colombia’s ministers of agriculture and the interior joined a diplomatic mission to Tunja, the capital of Boyaca on Thursday, to negotiate with protest leaders and attempt to calm the most…