Ceasefire call to armed groups during coronavirus

Community leaders and journalists are at an increased risk during Colombia's curfews and quarantines, say humanitarians. Civil organisations...

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...

Tens of thousands march in Bogotá’s first anti-government protests of the year

By Lukas Kaldenhoff and Luke Barnes Sporadic outbursts of violence marred a largely peaceful protest yesterday. Marchers complain the government...

What is the government’s current commitment to protecting social leaders in Colombia?

Silent demonstrations take place on on Medellín's metro, July 26, 2019. Image courtesy of Movimiento Defendamos La Paz. According to Colombia’s...

All part of a plan? Study throws light on social leader killings in Colombia

'The killing of civilian leaders is a tradition here. Something which in other countries would be considered a huge scandal is somehow normalised in...

One social leader killed every 35 hours this year

[caption id="attachment_32024" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo: Indepaz[/caption] Murders of social activists, human rights defenders and...

92% impunity rate for environmental activist murders

[caption id="attachment_31590" align="alignnone" width="600"] Ramón, whose father was killed by neo-paramilitaries, gives a tour of the land that...

“Being a social leader is not a crime”: Candlelit vigils protest violence against social leaders across Colombia

[caption id="attachment_31099" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Photo by Sophie Foggin.[/caption] On Friday evening, July 6, thousands across the...

Short film “They’re Killing Us” illuminates the perilous work of social leaders in Colombia

[caption id="attachment_31088" align="aligncenter" width="721"] Film still from They're Killing Us courtesy of Emily Wright and Tom...

Santos calls on commission to analyze the assassination of social leaders

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called on the National Commission on Security Guarantees to analyze the violence against social leaders in...