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Colombia: Peasant farmer killed after threats
19 April 2013

Gunmen thought to be paramilitaries have killed a land rights activist in northern Colombia, and have threatened to kill peasant farmers trying to assert their ...

Document       AMR 23/017/2013

Colombia: Further Information: Trade unionists receive more death ...
4 April 2013

Several trade unionists in the mining industry have received further death threats from Colombian paramilitaries.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/016/2013

Colombia: Land activists receive death threats
2 April 2013

A member of the Victims' Roundtable of El Carmen del Bolívar – a group of victims seeking the return of misappropriated land – in northern Colombia has received ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/015/2013

Colombia: Amnesty International statement at the 22nd session of ...
20 March 2013

The peace talks in Colombia have raised expectations that the conflict with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) could finally come to an end, ...

Document       AMR 23/014/2013

Colombia: Union leaders' safety at risk
15 March 2013

A death threat was made against Colombian trade union leaders who are representing workers of coal mining companies in La Jagua de Ibírico municipality, in the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/013/2013

Colombia: Peace community threatened with a massacre
27 February 2013

Members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó were threatened with a massacre in the context of increased paramilitary presence in the area.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/012/2013

Colombia: Human rights activist's controversial death amid wave of ...
26 February 2013

Colombian human rights defender Angélica Bello died on 16 February in controversial circumstances after receiving threats for her work.

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Colombia: The Human Rights Situation in Colombia: Amnesty ...
25 February 2013

This statement presents an overview of Amnesty International's concerns in Colombia and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council. These concerns include human ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/011/2013

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

Colombia: Paramilitary death threats must be stopped
18 February 2013

Paramilitaries calling themselves the "Black Eagles" have left a printed death threat at the home of a human rights defender in northern Colombia.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/009/2013