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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…
Anish R M
Indigenous Movements and the Struggle in Defense of Land in 2020
30 Dec 2020
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and…
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.
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…
Peoples Dispatch
Colombian Social Leaders Walked 15 Days and 600 km to Demand the Right to Life
11 Jul 2020
A group of social activists and human rights defenders have been marching from the southwestern Colombia for the past 15 days to demand respect for the life, territory and human rights of minority…
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.