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Paola Roldán, the woman with ALS who managed to decriminalize euthanasia in Ecuador, dies

Paola Roldán, the woman with ALS who managed to decriminalize euthanasia in Ecuador, dies

Paola Roldana woman who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ELA) and which recently managed to decriminalize euthanasia in Ecuadordied this…

Ecuador: judge orders investigation into alleged torture in prisons under military intervention

A judge of Ecuador ordered the Ombudsman's Office to investigate alleged acts of torture committed by military personnel in several…

Colombia set an “unfortunate record” of murders of social leaders in 2022

Colombia marked in 2022 the “unfortunate record” of homicides of social leaders and human rights defenders with a total of…

Colombia: almost 10,000 confined by “armed strike” of the National Liberation Army

Around 9,800 people have been forced into confinement in the northwest of Colombia due to the "indefinite armed strike" imposed…

At least 145 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia in 2021

At least 145 human rights activists were killed last year in Colombia, a lower figure than that of 2020 but…