Paramilitary groups continued to pose by far the biggest threat to Colombia’s community leaders and human rights defenders last year, according to a newly released report. In its annual report,…
Assassinations of human rights defenders and community leaders dropped 23% in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, but death threats went up 75%, according…
As Colombia’s government makes promise after promise of action, violence against Colombia’s social leaders is exponentially increasing, according to a thinktank. Last year was 44% more violent than 2017, with…
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…
Colombia has seen a drop in the murder of human rights defenders and community leaders compared to last year, but a recent report by a Colombian NGO indicated that death…