Genocide: the new normal in Duque’s Colombia?
While Colombia’s government is boasting a 25% reduction in the killing of human rights defenders and community leaders, genocide has become the new normal. The government of President Ivan Duque…
While Colombia’s government is boasting a 25% reduction in the killing of human rights defenders and community leaders, genocide has become the new normal. The government of President Ivan Duque…
While anti-government protests were taking place throughout Colombia on Wednesday, local media reported the assassination of one mayor-elect, one social leader and one demobilized FARC member. The three political killings…
Assassinations of human rights defenders and community leaders dropped 23% in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, but death threats went up 75%, according…
A community leaders who was taking part in local elections in northern Colombia has been assassinated, the local governor confirmed on Monday. The reported murder of Luis Eduardo Caldera, who…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has convened the commission seeking to cut ties between politicians, the private sector and death squads, a year after he was supposed to. Duque ended his…
An elder of a native Colombian people in southwest Colombia was assassinated on Sunday, days after the appearance of a pamphlet signed by Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel threatening indigenous authorities. The…
A judge revoked the suspension of a mayor from northern Colombia who is investigated in relation the the murder of a community leader that triggered mass protests last week. The…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque was expelled from a pro-peace march on Friday, making the obvious evident: you can’t promote violence and peace at the same time. Ill-advised as usual, Duque…
From Dubai to Vancouver, protests and marches were held on Friday against the violence targeting Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leaders. Here’s what that looked like. New York, United…