While failing to provide protection, Colombia’s authorities criminalize the defenders of human rights, a United Nations special rapporteur said Wednesday. The report of Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on…
Members of Colombia’s Congress are implicated in violence against human rights defenders, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders said Monday. In an interview with…
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…
Ahead of last week’s anti-government protests, Colombia’s police arrested six social leaders on terrorism support charges. Among the detainees is David Ravelo, the son of a human rights defender who…
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.…
Colombia’s largest peace movement on Thursday requested a visit from the United Nations’ genocide prevention chief to investigate the ongoing mass killing of social leaders. In a letter, peace organization…
The United Nations on Tuesday contradicted President Ivan Duque’s claim that the killing of human rights defenders dropped 25% last year, saying it may have gone up. In a press statement,…
At least 15 community leaders reportedly have been assassinated in the first 12 days of Colombia in an exceptional wave of violence. The vast majority of the killings took place…