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Colombia: Authorities must act to prevent to displacement of 3,600 Indigenous people in Chocó

In response to reports indicating that some 3,600 Indigenous people from 14 communities find themselves trapped in the middle of...

Colombia: Killing of nine people in Catatumbo reflects wave of violence

In response to the killing by armed individuals of nine people, among them Frederman Quintero, social leader and president of...

Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under a cloak of impunity and the silent complicity of the state

Colombia faces a grave human rights crisis as a result of repeated targeted killings of human rights defenders, while the...

Colombia: President elect must strengthen state’s commitment to human rights

The new government of president elect Iván Duque, who is due to take up office on 7 August, has an...

Colombia: Authorities must guarantee the safety of threatened communities

In the face of the serious situation of confinement of communities of people who live in the Naya river basin...

Colombia: Amnesty International urges presidential candidates to make a commitment to human rights

Today Amnesty International sent an open letter to the presidential candidates in Colombia’s run-off election to express its main concerns...

Toronto to Erect “The Empty Chair” Memorial to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo

JOINT RELEASE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA PEN CANADA TORONTO ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN CHINA Amnesty International Canada, PEN Canada and...

Colombia: Authorities must guarantee effective protection of women human rights defenders

Following the killing of Doris Valenzuela, Colombian human rights defender, in Murcia, Spain, on 11 April, Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas...

Citing grave concerns, Amnesty International Canada withdraws from reporting process on Human Rights and Free Trade between Canada and Colombia

In an open letter to Cheryl Urban, Director General of the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau at Global Affairs Canada,...

Colombia: Killing of the son of a murdered human rights defender denotes a lack of comprehensive protection of rights defenders and their families

Amnesty International condemns the murder of Javier Bernardo Cuero Ortíz, son of Bernardo Cuero Bravo, on 19 March 2018 in...

Colombia: New tragedy looming in Bojayá and Bajo Atrato

The territorial control strategy advanced by the Gaitanistas Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, AGC) and the...

Colombia: More than 1,000 people forcibly displaced in just four days

In the face of a wave of forced displacement in several parts of the country the Colombian state must guarantee...

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