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Human Rights in Republic of Colombia

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Colombia: Environmentalist feared disappeared: Sandra Viviana ...
28 February 2011

On 17 February Colombian environmentalist Sandra Viviana Cuellar Gallego may have been subjected to enforced disappearance in Cali, western Colombia, on her way ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/002/2011

Colombia: Guerrilla groups must release all hostages
10 February 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 10 February 2011. AI Index: AMR 23/001/2011. Colombia: Guerrilla groups must release all hostages. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/001/2011

Colombia: Further information: Human rights defenders threatened
22 December 2010

Paramilitaries have threatened to kill four women human rights defenders working in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in south-western Colombia. Members ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/039/2010

Colombia: Human rights lawyer survives attack: William Cristancho ...
16 December 2010

William Cristancho Duarte, a human rights lawyer, has survived an attempt on his life on 10 December in northern Colombia. His life is in danger.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/038/2010

Colombia: Civilian population threatened in Colombia
13 December 2010

Paramilitaries have threatened the civilian population, and killed a peasant farmer, in a south-western municipality of Colombia. They have blockaded one hamlet ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/037/2010

Colombia: Further information: Human rights defender's family ...
3 December 2010

The lives of Colombian human rights defender Ingrid Vergara and her family face new threats after an attack in their home. Ingrid Vergara has been documenting and ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/036/2010

Colombia: Demand protection for human rights lawyer: William ...
17 November 2010

William Cristancho Duarte, a human rights lawyer, was threatened in north Colombia on the day of a preliminary hearing regarding the extrajudicial execution of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/035/2010

Colombia: Defenders in Colombia receive death threat
12 November 2010

Human rights defenders from several NGOs in south-western Colombia, including organizations of Afro-descendants and Indigenous People, as well as trade unions, ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/034/2010

Colombia: Adoption of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances ...
20 October 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 October 2010. AI Index: AMR 23/032/2010. Colombia: Adoption of the Convention on Enforced ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/032/2010