Colombia

Human Rights in Republic of Colombia

Colombia: Further information: Court orders suspension of eviction ...
20 July 2009

Members of the Afro-descendant community of Caracolí, in the Curvaradó region of Chocó Department, were not served with a threatened eviction notice on 18 June ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/020/2009

Colombia: More people forced to flee their homes because of the ...
16 July 2009

Amnesty International today denounced yet another dramatic increase inthe number of Colombians forced to leave their homes because of thearmed conflict and urged ...

Press Release      

Colombia: Everything Left Behind: Internal displacement in ...
16 July 2009

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people join the millions already internally displaced in Colombia. In the face of the continued violence and displacement, the ...

Report       AMR 23/015/2009

Thousands more people forced to flee from Colombia’s armed ...
16 July 2009

With around another 380000 Colombians having to leave their homes in 2008, the number of internally displaced people in the country is amongst the world's highest ...

Report Abstract      

Colombia: Fear for safety
24 June 2009

The family of an Indigenous leader, campaigning for land rights in the south-western Department of Cauca, has received a death threat. Other Indigenous leaders ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/018/2009

Colombia: New law strengthens impunity for human rights abusers
22 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/017/2009. Date 22 June 2009. Colombia: New law strengthens impunity for human rights abusers. ...

Document       AMR 23/017/2009

Colombia: Forced eviction
17 June 2009

Sources in the Curvaradó region learned at a local meeting on 11 June that local police were preparing an eviction notice, which they planned to serve on 18 June ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/016/2009

Colombia: Open letter on the endorsement of the United Nations ...
26 May 2009

AI Index: AMR 23/014/2009. Ref: TG AMR 23/2009.10. Dr. Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. Calle 10 No 5-51. Palacio de San Carlos ...

Document       AMR 23/014/2009

Colombia: Fear for safety
15 May 2009

Indigenous leader Aída Quilcué, who has been receiving protection ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights since her husband was killed by soldiers in ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/013/2009

Colombia: Positive first steps in finding killers of husband of ...
1 May 2009

The detention of seven members of the army unit that killed the husband of an Indigenous leader is welcome, but a thorough and independent criminal investigati.

Press Release