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Colombia
Targeted Groups | Perpetrators | Alert Status | Genocide Stage(s) |
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| Emergency | Stage 5: Organization, Stage 8: Persecution |

Country Overview
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Details
Armed groups are carrying out massacres and targeted killings of civilians, indigenous communities, and human rights leaders. Colombian police forces are killing and detaining peaceful protesters.

Page last updated:
06/09/2021
Resources
Videos Show the Violent, and Deadly, Ways Colombian Police Quell Protests
Left Undefended: Killings of Rights Defenders in Colombia’s Remote Communities
Informe de Masacres en Colombia Durante el 2020 y 2021 (Report of Massacres in Colombia during 2020 and 2021)