US lawmakers urge Trump to protect Colombia’s social leaders
More than 70 United States Congressmen urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to defend Colombia’s social leaders who are facing deadly violence. In a letter, the lawmakers call on the…
More than 70 United States Congressmen urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to defend Colombia’s social leaders who are facing deadly violence. In a letter, the lawmakers call on the…
At least 261 social leaders and 40 demobilized FARC guerrillas have been assassinated during Colombia’s peace process, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. At the presentation of a report on the…
Colombia has seen a spike in assassinations of human rights leaders in 2018, according to a report by a leading human rights think tank. A total of 46 human rights…
Francia Marquez, an activist from southwest Colombia, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for extraordinary environmental activists. Marquez, a community leader from the war-torn Cauca department, led a 10-day,…
Colombia’s protection of social leaders is a total failure, the country’s Inspector General after the UN said to be “extremely concerned” about the increase in violence targeting human rights defenders.…
An increase in killings of social leaders in Colombia is due to the absence of state authority, failures in an ongoing peace process and the stigmatization of citizens defending peace…
More than 200 social leaders, peasant representatives and human rights defenders have been murdered since the start of Colombia’s peace process, according to a report.
In the past seven days armed actors have murdered five social leaders in Colombia, a disturbing figure for a country trying to implement a national peace process. According to the…