Solidarité internationaliste pour condamner les violences systématiques à l’encontre du peuple colombien

Friends of the Earth International denounces the escalation of systematic violence in Colombia, specifically targeting peasants, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant communities, and women. The statement highlights the failure of the Ivan Duque administration to protect these groups or uphold the 2016 peace agreements, noting a surge in massacres and targeted killings of local leaders and former FARC-EP members during 2020.

• In November 2020, reports indicated a severe escalation of violence in Colombia, with over 280 people killed across 73 massacres, a situation exacerbated by COVID-19 lockdown measures and repression by the right-wing government of Ivan Duque.
• Violence systematically targets vulnerable groups, including peasants, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant communities, and local organizations of women, youth, and children.
• There has been a significant loss of leadership, with 95 local leaders and over 100 demobilized members of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) assassinated, while the government failed to deploy effective security or preventive measures.
• Violence is concentrated in territories with low state presence, often characterized by illegal mining, illicit crops, or control by paramilitary armed groups.
• The statement alleges that the national police and army have been involved in physical and sexual violence against women and girls, and that police used excessive force during protests in Bogota on September 9, resulting in 13 deaths.
• The government of Ivan Duque is accused of refusing to recognize the systematic nature of the violence and failing to respect the 2016 peace agreements signed with the FARC-EP.

APA

admin (2020). Solidarité internationaliste pour condamner les violences systématiques à l’encontre du peuple colombien. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/solidarite-internationaliste-colombie/

Chicago

admin. Solidarité internationaliste pour condamner les violences systématiques à l’encontre du peuple colombien. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/fr/solidarite-internationaliste-colombie/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Solidarité internationaliste pour condamner les violences systématiques à l’encontre du peuple colombien |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=15 December 2020 |url=https://www.foei.org/fr/solidarite-internationaliste-colombie/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2020solidarit, author = {admin}, title = {{Solidarité internationaliste pour condamner les violences systématiques à l’encontre du peuple colombien}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/solidarite-internationaliste-colombie/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }