Fifth Activist Killed in Antioquia, Colombia This Year
Fifth Activist Killed in Antioquia, Colombia This Year
Human rights leaders, including members of Marcha Patriotica, continue to face threats despite a peace agreement in Colombia.
Published 10 February 2017
Human rights organizations call for government action after the murder of Luz Herminia Olarte, the 19th killing of an activist in the country this year.
Another activists was killed in Colombia in an ongoing wave of violence against defenders of human rights and the environment despite a landmark peace agreement that has promised to end more than 50 years of civil war.
The body of Luz Herminia Olarte, a social leader who worked in the town of Llano de Ochalí in Yarumal, Antioquia, was found after she was reportedly taken from her home Tuesday Feb. 7. Colombian human rights organization, The Social Process of Guarantees for the Work of Human Rights Defenders, has spoken out against the murder and demanded government action.
"A society that allows the assassination of its leaders will be condemned to the social deterioration that leads to despotism, barbarism and the continued cyclical phenomenom that does not allow it to overcome their own conflicts and reach peace," the organization said in a statement posted to Twitter.
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