As Colombia prepares to host a global biodiversity summit, killings of environmental defenders in the country rose again last ...

Colombia identified as deadliest country, with 79 murders recorded last year, a significant jump from 60 in 2022 and 33 in ...

The action comes amid worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in most parts of the country. No fewer than 196 soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation ...

The NGO Global Witness lists 196 environmental defenders killed because of their activism. Nearly 85% of these murders ...

Attacks on environmental defenders in the Philippines account for 68% of the recorded killings and enforced disappearances in ...

The report highlights Latin America as the deadliest region, particularly Colombia, which saw a record number of killings ...

Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for ...

BOGOTA: United Kingdom's advocacy group Global Witness has termed Colombia the deadliest for environmentalists and land ...

“Of the 196 cases documented during 2023 around the world, 85% occurred in the region.” Of the five countries where the most murders were recorded that year, four are in Latin America. Colombia is ...