Assassination Of Colombian Social Leaders : All

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Tanya Wadhwa
Indignation in Colombia Amid Spree of Assassinations and the Rape of an Indigenous Girl by Soldiers
01 Jul 2020
The wave of assassinations and acts of sexual violence carried out by security forces and paramilitary groups against Colombian civilians in the past week has shaken the country.
Peoples Dispatch
Julián Gil: “Our Triumph and Victory Are in the Hope and Strength of Being Together”
07 Jun 2020
Two years have passed since social leader Julian Gil was detained in front of the office of Colombian social movement Congreso de los Pueblos. We share his reflections on his two years of…
Tanya Wadhwa
Assassination of Social Activists Continues in Colombia Despite Lockdown
04 Jun 2020
According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), 115 environmentalists, human rights defenders, Indigenous, peasant and social leaders, and more than 20 former combatants of the…
Mario de los Santos
Behind the Bars of Coronavirus: Two Colombian Social Leaders Speak from Prison
25 Apr 2020
Two Colombian social leaders in preventive custody talk about how the prison crisis and the coronavirus pandemic is affecting them.
Peoples Dispatch
Colombia’s ELN Declares Ceasefire Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
01 Apr 2020
The National Liberation Army (ELN), announced that it will suspend its actions as a humanitarian gesture throughout April due to the coronavirus disease.
Peoples Dispatch
In 2020, Already 50 Social Leaders Assassinated in Colombia
20 Feb 2020
The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated.
Peoples Dispatch
Colombian National Strike Committee Issues Call to Renew Anti-Government Protests
15 Feb 2020
A popular uprising against the far-right Ivan Duque government began last year opposing the rise in assassinations of social leaders and the neoliberal economic measures.
Peoples Dispatch
Six Social Leaders Assassinated in Past Week in Colombia
27 Dec 2019
The genocide against Colombia’s social leaders, human rights defenders and ex-combatants continues as six of them were violently assassinated in the past one week.
Zoe PC
Nine Reasons Why Colombians Went on Strike
22 Nov 2019
Hundreds of thousands of Colombians went on a strike on Thursday, November 21, here are the reasons why.
Zoe PC
Nine Reasons Why Colombians are Going on Strike
21 Nov 2019
Hundreds of thousands of Colombians are set to go on strike on Thursday November 21, here are the reasons why.