Artists and intellectuals from Colombia raised a red alert on Sunday over the government’s inaction to curb extreme violence that is terrorizing the countryside. Musicians last year organized a major…
At least 1,000 of Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leaders have been assassinated since the beginning of a peace process in late 2016, according to a conflict monitoring NGO.…
The archbishop of Cali sparked a fierce debate after accusing Colombia’s President Ivan Duque of taking “genocidal revenge” against social leaders supporting the country’s peace process. The Colombian Catholic Church…
The assassinations of Colombia’s social leaders saw a dramatic rise in the first four months of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to two conflict monitors. In…
The United Nations said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop the assassinations of Colombia’s social leaders and demobilized FARC members, it just made them invisible. In a press statement,…
The United Nations’ genocide prevention chief wants to visit Colombia while looking into the ongoing mass killing of human rights defenders, community leaders and demobilized guerrillas. The UN’s Special Adviser…
The mass killing of Colombia’s human rights defenders continued unabated in the first quarter of 2020, according to the United Nations and social organizations. According to UN human rights chief…
With Colombia on lockdown over the coronavirus, killing the country’s human rights defenders and community leaders has never been easier. Fearing that quarantine measures in place to contain the spread…
While failing to provide protection, Colombia’s authorities criminalize the defenders of human rights, a United Nations special rapporteur said Wednesday. The report of Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on…