Assassination Of Colombian Social Leaders : All

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Peoples Dispatch
Violence and Humanitarian Crisis Intensify in Colombia
08 Apr 2021
According to the INDEPAZ, as of April 6, 2021, 43 social leaders and 14 ex-combatants of the FARC have been assassinated by illegal armed groups. Additionally, 91 people have been killed in 25…
Peoples Dispatch
Under the Cover of the Pandemic, States Cracked Down Even Harder
01 Jan 2021
Despite promises to focus all efforts towards combating the pandemic, many states used the pretext of the lockdown to intensify repression of people’s movements and dissenting voices
Peoples Dispatch
Three Peasant Leaders Arbitrarily Detained in Colombia
17 Dec 2020
Movements within Colombia have condemned the arrests as part of a systematic campaign of persecution of social movements in the country.
Peoples Dispatch
Assassination of Social Activists Continues in Colombia
10 Dec 2020
Between November 30 and December 7, six Indigenous leaders, two Afro-descendant leaders, two environmentalists and one social leader were murdered in Colombia
Tanya Wadhwa
Colombians Embark on a Fresh National Strike Against Ivan Duque
21 Nov 2020
The nationwide protest is being carried out in rejection police brutality, economic crisis, massacres and the indifference of the national government towards them
Tanya Wadhwa
Colombia Witnesses One of the Bloodiest Weekends of the Year
18 Nov 2020
This weekend, between November 13 & 15, twelve Colombians including two minors were assassinated by illegal paramilitary groups and national security officials
Peoples Dispatch
Colombia Witnesses Massive National Strike
23 Oct 2020
Movements in Colombia have demanded that President Ivan Duque respond immediately to the serious situations faced by the citizens of the country
Tanya Wadhwa
Thousands Take the Streets in National Strike in Colombia
23 Sep 2020
The nationwide protest was carried out in rejection police brutality, economic crisis, massacres and the indifference of the national government towards them.
Peoples Dispatch
A Wave of Massacres Shakes Colombia
25 Aug 2020
At least 20 people have been assassinated in 4 massacres in the past 4 days, while President Iván Duque has termed the massacres “collective homicides”.
Zoe PC
Two Years of Duque’s Colombia: Deepening Neoliberalism, Increased Violence and a Public Health Crisis
12 Aug 2020
Colombian social leader Milena Ochoa analyses the past two years of Iván Duque’s government and explains how its functioning has been completely in favor of big business, landowners, paramilitaries…