According to Global Forest Watch's most recent report, Colombia is the fourth country in the world that suffered the most primary forest loss in 2018, with 176,977 hectacres deforested. For environmental organizations, these figures represent serious issues, such as the disappearance of flora and fauna and violations of international …
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A recent New York Times report questioned the military command's decision to order an increase in the number of combat kills. According to sources consulted by the newspaper, these type of instructions would be paving the way for the return of extrajudicial killings, which piqued during the years 2002 to …
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Friends, family and colleagues of Mario Calderón, Elsa Alvarado and her father Carlos gathered on May 19 to honor the memory of the human rights defenders, assassinated by paramilitaries in 1997, and to call on the Interamerican Comision on Human Rights (IACHR) to declare the Colombian state responsable for their …
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The Mothers of Soacha have found a final resting place for their sons who were extrajudicially killed in 2008 by military forces. On May 16, the military handed over the titles of plots in Soacha, a suburb of Bogotá, where the family members plan to build a mausoleum.
For the …
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On May 14 the Constitutional Court, the State Council and the Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) held a press conference to address the "pressures" of the United States these high tribunals have been subjected to, referring to the U.S. government's decision to revoke the visas of two magistrates of the …
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[Twenty years after they were forcibly displaced from Guacamayas, a hamlet located in the Urabá region, eight Colombian families returned to their homes on May 15, after a Supreme Court decision ordered their lands be restituted.]{lang="EN"}
In 1996, these families were forced to sell their parcels, under pressure …
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The Municipal Council of Yopal approved an agreement that prohibits the use of fracking to exploit oil in this region of Casanare, the first deal of its kind in the country.
According to Councilman Juan Vicente Nieves, spokesman of the project, the agreement seeks to protect the environment, especially, its …
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More than 250 academics from around the world sent an open letter to the Colombian President Iván Duque, in which they critiqued his administration's failure to detain an escalation in violence against human rights defenders and ex-combatants. According to a report by the Center for Research and Popular …
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According to a new report from the Center for Research and Popular Education (CINEP), 648 members and leaders of social movements were assassinated in Colombia last year, representing an increase in politically-motivated violence compared to 2017.
From January 1 to December 31 2018, CINEP documented 1,418 cases of …
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a hearing today on the challenges the Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP, by its Spanish initials) faces as the country strives to implement a historic peace deal between the government and FARC rebels.
According to Maria Camila Moreno, director of the International …
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