Colombian indigenous leader shot dead by hitman 6 August 2010Leader of the Colombian Wayúu tribe was allegedly killed by a paramilitary hitman after organizing indigenous rights demonstrations.
Twelve Indians shot dead by armed men 27 August 2009Twelve members of the Awa tribe were shot dead yesterday, 26 August, by a group of unidentified armed men.
Nukak 'face extinction', indigenous leaders tell UN 31 July 2009Colombia’s national indigenous organisation, ONIC, has warned the United Nations that the Nukak, the country’s last hunter-gatherers, are in danger of extinction.
Key law annulled by top judges 15 April 2009A law violating indigenous peoples rights has been annulled by Colombia’s Constitutional Court.
