Armed men attacked Afrocolombian leaders who were preparing a pending meeting with the national government, they said Saturday. Two bodyguards were injured. According to black rights organization PCN, armed men…
The United Nations has announced it will begin to work more closely to protect Colombian social leaders, who have in recent years been the targets of unprecedented violence. The Colombian…
Around 1,500 social leaders from across Colombia have gathered at a humanitarian refuge in a plaza in Bogota, opened in protest against rising violence against leaders, human rights defenders and…
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…
Assassins murdered the third native Colombian leader since President Ivan Duque’s failed meeting with indigenous representatives last week. Jhon Jader Cayapu, a community leader from the Cauca province where local…
A paramilitary group allegedly assassinated a native Colombian leader in the northwest of the country, half a year after he requested protection from the government. The murder of the indigenous…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor has admitted that only 11% of the investigations of murders of social leaders that took place since 2016 have led to convictions. Prosecutor Nestor Humberto Martinez wrote…
Human rights defenders from Colombia and Europe formally asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the ongoing killing of social leaders in the South American country on Friday. Social…
Colombians living in Europe will formally request that the International Criminal Court (ICC) open a criminal investigation into the systematic killing of social leaders in their country. Some 40 leaders will…