27.08.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Authorities use judicial proceedings to intimidate media"

Authorities use summonses and other legal proceedings against journalists and news media whose reporting annoys them [ID 104947]

20.08.2008 - Source:UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

"Humanitarian Situation Report; 2 - 17 August"

Update on the humanitarian situation from 2 to 17 August 2008 (mass-displacement in Nariño department and Risaralda department, mass-displacement and massacre in Cauca department, 18 indigenous communities at risk of extinction) [ID 104435]

18.08.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Bomb at Party Kills Many Civilians"

Ituango: 7 people are killed and 52 injured in bomb attack on a city festival; authorities blame the FARC for the attack [ID 104136]

14.08.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Rebel bomb kills 7 in town-officials" , Author: Reuters

At least 7 people killed and nearly 50 wounded by detonation of guerrillas' bomb [ID 104147]

04.08.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Proposal Threatens 'Parapolitics' Investigations"

According to HRW, president Uribe's proposal to amend constitution would hurt accountability for politicians who collaborated with paramilitary death squads [ID 102965]

01.08.2008 - Source:UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

"Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 25, July 25 – August 1, 2008"

Update on the humanitarian situation from 25 July to 1 August 2008 (Indigenous children in Vichada department die of hunger, mass displacement in Nariño, Chocó and Norte de Santander) [ID 103805]

30.07.2008 - Source:Refugees International 

"Forced Internal Displacement Overwhelming Capacity to Respond"

Article on situation of IDPs in Colombia: Large numbers of newly displaced people are overwhelming capacity of government and humanitarian agencies; remoteness of areas where displacements frequently occur complicates humanitarian response [ID 102284]

30.07.2008 - Source:Médecins Sans Frontières 

"MSF work in Colombia hindered by the confusion between military actions and humanitarianism"

MSF forced to cancel or postpone mobile clinics in numerous rural areas in country [ID 102977]

26.07.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 23, 09 - 24 Jul 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Update on humanitarian situation (9 - 24 July 2008) [ID 101483]

25.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Farc hands hostages to Red Cross"

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Farc rebels released 8 of the 10 hostages it kidnapped last week [ID 101358]

19.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Colombia rebels seize 10 hostages"

Atrato River, Choco province: 10 people kidnapped by FARC rebel group in the North-West of the country [ID 100937]

16.07.2008 - Source:UK Home Office

"Country of Origin Information Key Documents; Colombia"

Background information and index to key source documents on Colombia [ID 101914]

14.07.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 22, 01 ? 08 Jul 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Update on humanitarian situation (08 July 2008) [ID 100556]

10.07.2008 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"Medellín: Revival and Risk"" , Author: openDemocracy

Article on Colombian town of Medellín (improvements in everyday life; increase in murder-rate; regrouping of clandestine criminal organisations) [ID 100235]

08.07.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 196/08 [AMR 23/025/2008]"

Nariño: Two men killed by paramilitaries, two others abducted [ID 99987]

03.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Colombia hostage Betancourt freed"

Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages, rescued by the military in an undercover operation; the French-Colombian politician was held by Farc rebels for more than 6 years [ID 99712]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99590]

02.07.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"15 Hostages Rescued by Security Forces"

HRW welcomed reports that 15 hostages held for several years by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been rescued; Human Rights Watch called on the FARC to immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of others still being held [ID 99718]

07.2008 - Source:World Health Organization 

"Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections"

Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (data on HIV/AIDS and STIs prevalence, health service and care indicators, prevention indicators) [ID 102462]

27.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Colombia's Uribe calls for vote"

President Uribe calls for a referendum about a new presidential election after the Supreme Court called for an investigation into the legality of his re-election in 2006 [ID 99152]

27.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 188/08 [AMR 23/021/2008]"

Barrancabermeja: A paramilitary group has circulated a written death threat targeting 6 organisations: 2 trade unions and 4 NGOs [ID 99254]

27.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 186/08 [AMR 23/020/2008]"

A paramilitary organisation, the Aguilas Negras (Black Eagles), sent an email death threat to the youth organisation Red Juvenil de Medellín [ID 99258]

20.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 180/08 [AMR 23/019/2008]"

A paramilitary group has threatened to kill trade unionists and social activists, who live or work in the city of Bucaramanga [ID 98953]

20.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 179/08 [AMR 23/018/2008]"

Naya River basin: Members of the armed forces have threatened inhabitants by telling them that paramilitary groups are returning to the area [ID 98969]

20.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Kidnapped journalist Mario Alfonso Puello released after four months in captivity"

Kidnapped journalist Mario Alfonso Puello released after 4 months in captivity [ID 98972]