Colombia named on human rights blacklist
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) included Colombia in a list of countries that need to improve their protection of human rights, in a report released Thursday. The report,…
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) included Colombia in a list of countries that need to improve their protection of human rights, in a report released Thursday. The report,…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that the eight Colombians detained on suspicion of espionage had “secret, or semi-secret codes.” The socialist leader said his nation plans to respond soon to…
Colombian government officials and human rights groups strongly criticized a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to overturn the extradition from Russia to Colombia of Israeli mercenary Yair…
Following a visit to Colombia, Swiss Senator Carlo Sommaruga told Colombia Reports that he believes that the Colombian government is downplaying human rights abuses in order to maintain its free trade…
In an interview with Colombian newspaper El Espectador on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield talked about his country’s military base agreement with Colombia, the pending Free Trade Agreement, the…
Nine NGOs participating in an Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing in Washington criticized Colombia’s Justice and Peace process as giving impunity to human rights abusers, and accused the…
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States is continued to be held up because Colombia is not updating its labor laws and shows no improvement in…
Colombia’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Alfonso Hoyos, walked out of an International Commission on Human Rights meeting on Thursday, after Ecuador requested that the Commission…
Colombia’s Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CPDH) on Thursday announced the assassination of human rights defender and community leader Jhonny Hurtado in the central department of Meta,…