Prosecution officials arrested two men for their alleged participation in an attempted massacre of Afrocolombian leaders in southwest Colombia last month. According to the prosecution, the two suspects took part…
The persistent failures of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to implement a peace deal with demobilized FARC guerrillas has strengthened illegal armed groups and increased violence against social leaders, according to…
Fifty-nine community leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia in the first four months of this year, according to a think tank. A report by Colombian NGO…
The United Nations urged Colombia to make a “significant effort” to end the “endemic impunity” enjoyed by those behind the mass killing of the country’s social leaders. A press release…
President Ivan Duque has promised that he will appoint special judges to secure the effective prosecution of perpetrators of violence against Colombia’s social leaders, as the murder rate skyrockets in…
The 16 black minority leaders who survived an assassination attempt in southwest Colombia on Saturday on Monday received threats claiming “this is just the beginning of your extermination.” According to…
Organizations from throughout Colombia decided to implement self-protection measures amid government failures to provide security in the countryside. After a week of demonstrations and talks at the “humanitarian refuge” in…
A top Ombudsman official said Monday that the government is systematically ignoring early warnings that could save social leaders’ and fails to allocate funds that could improve security. The Ombudsman’s…
Little more than a year after being awarded the world’s most prestigious environmental award and a day after she almost was assassinated, Francia Marquez urged the government to embrace the…