US EditionNearly 100 Human Rights Defenders Killed Every Year in Colombia: UN Report
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In Colombia, nearly 1,000 human rights activists have been killed since the signing of the peace agreement with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016. A total of 972 defenders were murdered between 2016 and 2025, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published on Thursday, 19 March 2026.
Colombia has failed to reverse the patterns of violence against human rights defenders, or social leaders. This is what the report presented on Thursday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the country, which analyses the events that occurred between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2025, a period that mostly coincides with the mandate of President Gustavo Petro, who was elected with the banner of stopping th…
(AFP) A total of 972 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia since 2016, when the peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas was signed, the UN Human Rights Office said on Thursday.Read more
Latin America Reports
The Bogotá PostNearly 100 human rights defenders killed every year in Colombia: UN report
Medellín, Colombia – During each of the last nine years around 100 human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia, according to a United Nations (UN) report published this Thursday. The 972 deaths recorded between 2016 and 2025 make Colombia “one of the most dangerous countries in the world” for such activists, according to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Following the historic peace accords between the gove…
GENEVA – In Colombia there were 972 murders of human rights defenders between 2016 and 2025, an average of almost 100 deaths per year, a report from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh) released this Thursday 19. “It is heartbreaking that Colombia remains one of the [...]
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Global Diaspora NewsBetween 2016 and 2025 there were 972 murders. UN Human Rights warns that the country remains "one of the most dangerous places in the world" for those who defend human rights. Violence is linked to drug trafficking, mining and illegal logging, and disproportionately affects indigenous peoples.
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