‘Here, the leash changes but not the dog’: A conversation with Colombian human rights leader Elizabeth Moreno

Elizabeth "Chava" Moreno Quibdó, Colombia – Elizabeth “Chava” Moreno is a human rights leader from the embattled Litoral San Juan...

State of the Nation: No peace for social leaders

There were 34 assassinations of social leaders in January alone. We look at the numbers and ask why there is still no peace for Colombia’s human...

Promoting Human Rights through film

Colombia will host the sixth International Festival of Cinema for Human Rights, starting on August 23. The 6th Human rights film festival starts...

Irish activists call for end to Cerrejón mine’s human rights abuses

Cerrejón Mine, La Guajira. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Campaigners based over 8000 km away from Colombia are voicing their concerns in...

United Nations report calls for action on situation Colombia

[caption id="attachment_28845" align="alignnone" width="1600"] UN report condemns military for its role in human rights violations. Photo:...

Over 100 human rights defenders killed in Colombia this year, according to the UN

[caption id="attachment_18427" align="alignnone" width="960"] Since the peace deal with the FARC, activists have been targeted - the UN say this is...

Buenaventura: Violence without end

[caption id="attachment_4659" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Buenaventura is a port city on the Pacific coast of Colombia and home to nearly...

Santos blasted over false positives

[caption id="attachment_4600" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Colombian victims and citizens protesting because of Colombia’s so-called “false...

Indigenous Communities At Risk

[caption id="attachment_1100" align="alignright" width="300"] Niñas wayuu. Photo: Mario Carvajal CC BY 2.0[/caption] Colombia’s indigenous people...

Egypt Sees ‘Catastrophic Decline In Human Rights’

[caption id="attachment_901" align="alignright" width="300"] Peter Greste, an al-Jazeera journalist, has been imprisoned in Egypt for ‘inciting...