Bogota education authorities are investigating 91 cases of alleged sexual abuse against minors. According to newspaper El Tiempo, the District Secretary for Education (SED) is investigating 89 offenses allegedly carried out by men…
The catholic church in Colombia’s third city Cali has come under fire after questioning the morality of the family of four children who had been sexually abused by a priest.…
Every day, 21 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 are raped in Colombia, the United Nations said Wednesday in a report on girls’ well-being. The report of the…
“The worst thing is that you can’t have a baby,” Andrea told Human Rights Watch when we interviewed her in 2002. Andrea was describing her time as a 11-year-old girl…
A 2013 finalist of the Mister Colombia beauty pageant was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping 11 women in the area around Cali. Following two years of reports of an active…
At least one woman is raped every day on average in Colombia as a result of ongoing acts of sexual violence committed in the context of the country’s armed conflict.
A Colombian journalist who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by paramilitaries said Wednesday she will return financial compensation she received from the state, urging for truth on war crimes instead.
Her voice cracking and hands trembling, Adriana holds up a silhouette she has drawn of her body in front of 33 other rape survivors sitting in a circle at a…
Colombia’s new chief of police could probably not have picked a worse moment for promotion. The institution he is to take charge of is facing disturbing allegations over the existence of a mysterious…