Colombian Social Leaders : All

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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.
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…
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.
Peoples Dispatch
José Murillo, Latest Victim of Colombian State Persecution
10 Dec 2019
The social leader and human rights defender was arrested on Saturday December 7 in the midst of a historic wave of protests in the country
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.
Peoples Dispatch
Colombian Teachers Carry Out National Strike in Defense of Life, Peace and Democracy
14 Sep 2019
Teachers mobilize demanding security and guarantees for lives and physical well-being of the teachers as well as social and trade union leaders.
Peoples Dispatch
What Has Happened in the Case of Julián Gil?
13 Sep 2019
Julián Gil, one of the hundreds of Colombian social leaders subjected to criminalisation and legal persecution, has spent over 15 months in prison.