Urgent Action: Leader of peace community threatened
Paramilitary groups continue incursions and threats against the people of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
Urgent Action Update: Confined communities in Riosucio, Chocó
Several Embera Indigenous communities and the Afro-descendent community of Taparal find themselves confined and terrified
Urgent Action Update: Risk of forced displacement in Chocó, Colombia
Indigenous governor killed by armed men. The community is at risk of forced displacement following this violence.
Urgent Action update: Indigenous peoples in Chocó danger in Colombia
Clashes between paramilitary groups, the National Liberation Army and state security forces continue to violate the rights of the Wounaan and Embera Indigenous peoples in Chocó, western Colombia, generating an imminent humanitarian and security crisis.
Urgent Action: Wounaan indigenous community in danger in Colombia
Presence and clashes between paramilitary groups, the National Liberation Army and state security forces continue to violate the rights of Indigenous communities in Chocó, in the Pacific region of Colombia.
Urgent Action: Police use tear gas on peaceful protestors in Colombia
Residents of the city of Buenaventura in Colombia have reported police repression, including the use of tear gas, at peaceful protests that began on 16 May.
Urgent Action update: Continued paramilitary presence in Chocó, Colombia
Residents of Puerto Lleras, Jiguamiandó collective territory in the department of Chocó, report threats and raids from paramilitaries near the Humanitarian Zone of Pueblo Nuevo, putting all the inhabitants at risk.
Urgent Action: Paramilitary invasion of humanitarian zones in Colombia
Inhabitants of the Jiguamiandó river basin have reported the presence of paramilitary groups in their territory. The increase in paramilitary activity in these humanitarian zones is putting the Indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents at risk.
Additional contact details: Over 300 displaced due to paramilitary action in Colombia
An incursion by paramilitaries and subsequent armed confrontation between them and guerrilla groups forced a mass displacement of families and the potential confinement of surrounding communities in Peña Azul, Chocó department, in north-western Colombia.
Urgent Action: Over 300 displaced due to paramilitary activity incursion in Colombia
An incursion by paramilitaries and subsequent armed confrontation between them and guerrilla groups forced a mass displacement of families and the potential confinement of surrounding communities in Peña Azul, Chocó department, in north-western Colombia. The increase in paramilitary activity in the area is placing residents of rural areas of Chocó department at risk.