Colombia

Human Rights in Republic of Colombia

Colombia: Legal system used to hound human rights defenders ...
19 March 2009

Amnesty International today condemned the Colombian authorities for using the country’s legal system to undermine the legitimate work of human rights defenders.

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International Criminal Court "working to protect African victims" ...
5 March 2009

The International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, discusses the ICC's work in the wake of the court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's ...

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Colombia: Fear for safety: Lina Paola Malagón Díaz (f)
5 March 2009

The Colombian Commission of Jurists (Comisión Colombiana de Juristas), an NGO working on legal human rights issues, has received a paramilitary death threat declaring ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/010/2009

Colombia: The Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó humanitarian zones ...
24 February 2009

Afro-descendant communities living in the Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó river basins are striving to defend their right to life and to protect their lands from encroaching ...

Document       AMR 23/001/2009

Colombia: Thousands of civilians punished for not participating in ...
24 February 2009

The Colombian security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups are punishing those who refuse to be part of the conflict across Colombia, said Amnesty Internationa

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Colombia: The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó ...
24 February 2009

The 40-year internal armed conflict has devastated the lives of millions in Colombia. Some communities have come together to demand that all the warring parties ...

Document       AMR 23/002/2009

Colombia: Las zonas humanitarias de Curvaradó y Jiguamiandó ...
24 February 2009

Colombia: Las zonas humanitarias de Curvaradó y Jiguamiandó: Comunidades Colombianas en resistencia

Document       AMR 23/001/2009

Colombia. La comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó ...
24 February 2009

Colombia. La comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó: Comunidades Colombianas en resistencia

Document       AMR 23/002/2009

Thousands of Colombian civilians punished for refusing to take ...
24 February 2009

'Communities in resistance' have for years suffered attacks by theColombian security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups, for refusing to take part in the ...

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Colombia: Fear for safety/Death threats
19 February 2009

Paramilitaries have threatened to kill members of seven human rights organizations and trade unions working in the city of Bucaramanga, in the northern Department ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/008/2009