La Colosa is AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed project for an open-pit gold mine spanning several rural municipalities in the department of...
Archive for category: Emblematic Cases
The Wayúu Indigenous Peoples continue their Struggle for the rights of the Arroyo Bruno
“..the circular insanity of allowing the destruction of one of the most beautiful bio diverse places on this planet, to...
Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
Landmark Legal case: Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (Colectivo de Abogados de JOSÉ ALVEAR RESTREPO) vs The Colombian State in...
National Case 3: Extrajudicial Executions by State Agents in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Case 3: JEP
Murders and forced disappearances presented as casualties in combat by agents of the State
Public Statement: Colombian government authorises further destruction of Arroyo Bruno in La Guajira
On April 6 Government institutions announced their “final” decision to endorse the destruction of the natural course of the Bruno...
World Water Day 2022
While Colombia experiences three times the global average of rainfall per country, the water distribution is uneven. The large majority of freshwater is located in the Amazon Basin and the department of Chocó. According to Water Aid 1.2 million people in Colombia live without access to clean water.
Criminalisation of Colombian Human Rights Defenders in Jiguamiandó and Curvadó
17 February 2021 Human rights defenders and community leaders in Uraba, are not only being killed but they are now...
Human Rights Defender Luz Marina Arteaga’s Body found discarded in the River Meta
On 18 January 2022, Luz Marina Arteaga, a doctor, social leader and land-claimant was killed. This vibrant and active social...
Indigenous Sacred buildings repeatedly burnt in Sierra Nevada
On 14 December 2021 in the Wiwa Indigenous village of Arimaka, sacred buildings were burnt. This follows the burning on...
Kankaumo Indigenous Peoples Sacred Places Burnt
It is powerfully striking that these events were carried out coincidentally just a couple of days after launching our campaign...