Surge in attacks and killings of human rights defenders that have occurred during the renegotiation of Colombia’s peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Assassination attempt against student activist Dayanara Castillo.

Murder of Fernando Aleman Banegas, the son of Libre party mayoral candidate Elsy Banegas, whose candidacy threatens the economic interests of mining companies and large landholders in Atlántida Department.

Assassination attempt on Jlo Cordoba, human rights defender and LGBTI advocate.

Assassination of land rights defender Yimer Chávez Rivera, a member of the Organization for Rural and Urban Development (ORDEURCA) in Cauca Department, and gunshot wounds to his wife Noira Castillo.

Assassinations of land rights defenders in the Aguán Valley: José Ángel Flores (President of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguán (MUCA) and MUCA member Silmer Dionosio George in Tocoa, Colón Department.

Paramilitaries at the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in Antioquia Department are waging violence, destroying crops, intruding into homes, and threatening to kill residents of the Peace Community.

Assassination attempts against two indigenous leaders: Tomás Gómez Membreño, the General Coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), and local COPINH leader Alexander García Sorto.

Violation (by the state) of precautionary protective measures for award-winning investigative journalist and human rights defender Claudia Julieta Duque.