Colombia’s government “wanted to completely erase my report,” the United Nations special rapporteur on the situations of human rights defenders told weekly Semana. Special Rapporteur Michael Forst was additionally refused…
Colombia’s former guerrillas of the FARC called for the taking up pots and pans on Tuesday in protest at the ongoing assassinations of rebels who laid down their weapons as…
Colombia’s teachers began a two-day strike on Thursday in rejection of the ongoing killings of colleagues, death threats and stigmatization by the far-right. Teachers union Fecode announced the strike earlier…
At least 42 human rights defenders and community leaders, and seven demobilized FARC rebels have been assassinated so far this year, according to a leading think tank. In the cases…
The director of Colombia’s unit to protect threatened persons resigned on Tuesday amid claims he granted celebrities bodyguards meant for human rights defenders at imminent risk of assassination. The reasons…
Colombia’s teachers announced they will go on strike later this month in rejection of recent violence and death threats. The strike was announced by teachers union Fecode on Monday, less…
School teachers throughout Colombia went into panic mode on Saturday after a teacher from the northeast was assassinated and 25 received death threats in a war-torn village in the north.…
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday jailed a retired army colonel who is accused of ordering the assassination of a demobilized member of former guerrilla group FARC. Retired…
A Bogota court ordered Colombia’s government to fulfill its obligation to protect human rights defenders and community leaders as agreed in a peace deal with former FARC rebels in 2016.…