'49 human rights workers killed in Colombia in 2011'
'49 human rights workers killed in Colombia in 2011'
Sunday, 04 March 2012 10:06
Adriaan Alsema
Forty-nine human rights defenders were killed in Colombia last year while violence against these defenders went up by 36%, an NGO collective said Saturday.
Spanish press agency EFE was given a report by "Somos Defensores" (We are Defenders), in which the organization of NGOs denounced that 239 violent actions were taken against human rights defenders in 2011.
The violent actions consisted of assassinations, threats, forced disappearances, assassination attempts, arbitrary detentions, assaults and an irregular application of the justice system, said the organization.
The 239 violations constitute a 36% increase compared to 2010 when there were 174 violent acts against human rights defenders registered.
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