Neo-paramilitary groups are causing Colombian students to be displaced on a ‘massive’ scale, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), reported Colombian news provider Noticiero del Llano Wednesday. According to…
Three protesters were injured Tuesday when police broke up a demonstration against a multi-national company plans to destroy five villages in order to build a dam. One man was reported…
The ombudsman of a north-eastern Colombian town said Wednesday more than 55 human rights defenders and their relatives there had been forcibly displaced by guerrillas in one week. Jhon Fredy…
The United Nations has condemned Colombia for failing to prosecute cases of forced displacement. Speaking at a specially-convened hearing on accountability, the UN’s representative for displaced people in Colombia, Terry…
The Colombian government under President Juan Manuel Santos has not been effective in protecting the rights of its internally displaced people (IDPs), the internal displacement monitoring center reported Thursday. The…
The Colombian government and a human rights NGO signed an agreement on Tuesday to begin an analysis of land distribution in Colombia, according to newspaper El Espectador. The Colombian Superintendent of Notaries…
Over 17% of Colombia’s 3.4 million forcibly displaced citizens fled their homes due to sexual violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups, according to a UN report. At least 50% of…
The Colombian agriculture minister said Tuesday a United Nations report blaming the forced displacement of people off their land on weak governance and corruption was “biased,” reported newspaper El Espectador.…
The apparent success of Colombia’s mining boom is being overshadowed by human rights violations and mass displacement from mining areas, international human right organization Peace Brigades International (PBI) said Monday.…