Bogota’s police continued to violently repress peaceful protests in Colombia’s capital on Thursday despite pending lawsuits and ongoing calls to end apparently systematic human rights abuses. At least one student…
Human rights activists and protesters sued Colombia’s government and police on Monday, demanding an immediate end to the violent repression of peaceful protests. The plaintiffs asked a Bogota court to…
A Bogota student who had been kidnapped by police is severely beaten up but alive, one of the journalists who went looking for the man reported Thursday. According to journalist…
Colombia’s largest labor union accused the government of President Ivan Duque on Wednesday of using “intimidation and terror” tactics to quell ongoing anti-government protests. In a press statement, labor union…
Multiple Bogota journalists and human rights organizations are looking for a student who was disappeared by police on Tuesday. The student, whose identity is unknown, is one of thee people…
Bogota police were embarrassed on Tuesday after assaulting journalists and being caught red-handed allegedly trying to kidnap a woman. Commander Brigadier General Hoover Penilla denied the woman was kidnapped and…
In support of Colombia’s anti-government protests, top musicians turned the capital Bogota into the venue of one of the biggest music festivals of the year on Sunday. Top acts like…
If Colombia’s President Ivan Duque doesn’t respond to native Colombians’ concerns before Saturday, 30,000 of them will travel to Bogota and “take” the presidential palace, a representative said Thursday. The…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque expressed his gratitude to Bogota’s police force, which has come under fierce criticism over its handling of anti-government protests. In an improvised visit, Duque tried to…