According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country

The six comrades were part of Corriente Revolucionaria Bolívar y Zamora and the Popular Defense Brigade Hugo Chávez

Thousands will march today in defense of social leaders in over 100 cities in Colombia and in more than 30 cities worldwide

The brutal assassination of María del Pilar Hurtado in front of her 9-year old son on June 21 shook the country to its core. The very next day, Andrés Chica, who demanded justice for Maria, was forced to leave his home after threats

Mauricio Lezama was producing an audiovisual project about victims of the armed conflict when he was assassinated by unidentified armed men in the department of Arauca

Four social leaders have been killed last week. Organizations across Colombia have condemned the government of president Iván Duque for the lack of security measures that guarantee protection to social leaders

The protesters are demanding that the national government guarantee basic rights such as health, education and housing as well as the protection of social and peasant leaders

Organizations have denounced the assassinations and called on the Colombian government to take real measures to protect the lives of social leaders

The rampant assassination of Colombia’s social leaders continues with impunity

Alix Miriam Aguilar and José Hermes Burgos were arrested early this week in the latest crackdown on social leaders in Colombia

Latest paramilitary death threats shake alternative media projects in Colombia

As many as five social leaders were assassinated in a span of 48 hours. The families of the victims and their organizations have been demanding the dismantling of the network that benefits from the erasure of dissent