Colombia Archives - Amnesty International Ireland

15th October 2025
Urgent Action – Colombia: Protect CISCA from attacks

14th October 2025
Colombia: Attack on Venezuelan Human Rights Defender Condemned

11th September 2025
Urgent Action- Singapore: RISK OF EXECUTION AFTER APPEAL DENIED

10th September 2025
Urgent Action- Colombia: PROVIDE HEALTH TO BARI PEOPLE

4th July 2025
Urgent Action: STOP HARASSMENT AGAINST FISHING COMMUNITY

Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent disabilities. The new film, which features Leidy Cadena who was blinded by police in 2021 during a protest which was part of the National Strikes in Colombia, shows the devastating impact such weapons can have.

3rd April 2024
New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally.

South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

22nd June 2022
Between invisibility and discrimination: Venezuelan LGBTIQ+ refugees in Colombia and Peru

10th May 2021
Colombia: Amnesty International denounces militarized response and police repression of demonstrations

10th May 2021
Colombia: Concerning reports of disappearances and sexual violence against protesters

20th April 2020
Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or from hunger if the state does not act immediately

9th April 2018
Colombia: Government must protect human rights defenders and community activists amid rising violence

22nd November 2017
Colombia – Years of solitude continue

22nd November 2017
Colombia: Government fails to keep civilians safe as new threats go unchallenged

25th August 2016
Colombia: End of negotiations over conflict brings hopes of peace

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