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Turkey’s suppression of the Kurdish political movement continues to fuel a deadly armed conflict
23 Apr 2024 16:27 GMT
… the European Court of Human Rights calling for his immediate … into everyday politics. Kurdish human rights defenders and political activists … measures successfully weakened the Farc’s military strength. But … Colombian state, that the Farc made peace with the …
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Ecuador: Organized crime threatens the state
22 Apr 2024 10:42 GMT
… agreement and demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2017 left lucrative cocaine … exacerbates violence and leads to human rights abuses. Far from inspiring … just civil rights violations, but human rights abuses in response. A …
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Colombia, the deadliest country in the Americas for human rights defenders
06 Mar 2024 18:28 GMT
… human rights defenders. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights … human rights defenders: coca.
The four most violent departments for human rights … for human rights defenders … human rights defenders for decades. Since the peace agreement with the FARC …
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UN Human Rights warns of increase in violence in Colombia despite government efforts
28 Feb 2024 20:49 GMT
… , with serious consequences for human rights,” explained Juliette de Rivero, … in verified murders of human rights defenders compared to 2022, … of the already demobilized FARC guerrillas, as well as … , according to the UN Human Rights Violence Impact Index.
“The …
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World News | Colombians Mourn the Killings of Hundreds of Former Rebel Fighters and Human Rights Leaders
21 Feb 2024 04:04 GMT
… to mourn the killings of human rights leaders and the murders of … .
The protest was organised by human rights groups that have become increasingly … government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — known by their Spanish acronym FARC — that had …
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Colombians mourn the killings of hundreds of former rebel fighters and human rights leaders
21 Feb 2024 02:51 GMT
… to mourn the killings of human rights leaders and the murders of … .
The protest was organized by human rights groups that have become increasingly … government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — known by their Spanish acronym FARC — that had …
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Colombia systematically violating rights of human rights defenders: court
12 Dec 2023 16:00 GMT
… community leaders and human rights defenders constitutes a mass human rights violations.
According to … the now-defunct guerrilla group FARC in 2016.
However, the government … the population of leaders and human rights defenders in an urgent, efficient …
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Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Discusses Human Rights at Harvard IOP Forum
15 Nov 2023 06:49 GMT
… between his government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. He also fielded questions … audience members.
Santos described his human rights-minded approach to addressing the … were displaced or victims of human rights abuses.
“More or less …
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Cycle of talks between Government of Colombia and EMC-FARC ends
19 Jan 2024 13:35 GMT
At the conclusion of the third cycle of dialogues, which began last week, the parties agreed to strengthen the participation of social, peasant, indigenous, Afro, women and youth organizations, as well as victims and vulnerable people in the process.
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85 human rights defenders murdered in Colombia in the first half of 2023
19 Oct 2023 19:19 GMT
… (EFE) – At least 85 human rights defenders were murdered in Colombia … the main dissidents of the FARC.
The most significant increase … gangs in Buenaventura; the FARC dissident group called Segunda Marquetalia … with the EMC, the FARC’s main dissident group, …