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Colombia accused of mass killing anti-government protesters May 24, 2021 Colombia’s police are under immense pressure over mounting evidence and testimonies indicating anti-government protesters in Cali were executed and buried in mass graves. The security secretary of Colombia’s third largest city, Carlos Alberto Rojas, on Monday announced a “study” into the alleged disappearance of people during anti-government protests in Cali. Rojas took to the press after a report by human rights o...

May 25, 2021 Colombia’s judges and prosecutors laid down work on Tuesday to join a two-day national strike in opposition to far-right President Ivan Duque. Multiple judicial labor unions and associations said they would join anti-government protests that will enter their fifth week on Wednesday. In a press release, the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (Asonal) said that “we also reject the disproportionate police repression against those who peacefully exercise their fundam...

May 15, 2021 Colombia’s opposition pressed charges against President Ivan Duque, his defense minister and top security officials before the International Criminal Court. In a video message, opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda said that Duque, Defense Minister Diego Molano, General Jorge Luis Vargas of the National Police and General Jorge Luis Vargas of the National were facing charges for “the alleged carrying out of crimes against humanity.” President Ivan Duque, General Jorge Luis Vargas, G...

May 7, 2021 The missing persons unit of Colombia’s transitional justice system raised the alarm on Thursday that 379 participants in anti-government protests of the past week have gone missing. The Missing Persons Search Unit that is part of a transitional justice system came to the alarmingly high number after cross-referencing the databases of some 26 organizations. The number presented by the president of the search unit, Luz Marina Monzon, dwarfs the 38 missing persons allegedly registere...

April 14, 2021 Authorities and locals from Buenaventura agreed to jointly search for hundreds of people who have gone missing in Colombia’s most important port city. The pact that was announced on Tuesday is part of a peace process that followed a 2016 agreement between former FARC guerrillas and former President Juan Manuel Santos. The search for Buenaventura’s missing persons is one of multiple initiatives that seeks to end ongoing violence in the port city and the Pacific region. Buenave...

URL copied to clipboard A report presented in August 2020 by Colombian senators and representatives of the opposition recounted where the Agreement was in terms of its implementation, four years after it was signed. Four months after that devastating report, statistics on violence remain staggering and, what represented a great and historic opportunity for Colombia, has witnessed an incomprehensible stagnation on some of its key points. According to the report, the country has seen an impor...