Emblematic Cases of Criminalization

The following is a short list of criminalization cases in Colombia since 2000.

  • Arrest and prosecution of David Ravelo, president of the Corporación Regional para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, CREDHOS, in Barrancabermeja, 2010.
  • Detention of Carolina Rubio Esguerra, Committee for Soldisary with Political Prisoners, 2010, Bucaramanga.
  • Peasant mobilization in Catatumbo, 2013.
  • Multiple detentions, security forces interventions, Congreso de los Pueblos, Marcha Patriotica.
  • Multiple detentions, security forces interventions, General Civic Strike, Buenaventura, Chocó, 2017.
  • Anti-mining community activists detained in Casanare, 2018.
  • Multiple detentions, security forces interventions, General Civic Strike, various locations in Colombia, 2019.

This content has been updated on February 9, 2021.