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Yet again, Colombia vows to curb mass killing of social leaders
by Adriaan Alsema August 20, 2018
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Sunday promised extra measures to curb the mass killing of social leaders that have escalated further after his election in June.
Since 2016, the year that former guerrilla group FARC signed peace with former President Juan Manuel Santos, at least 337 community leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated, according to the country’s Ombudsman’s Office.
Hundreds of social leaders, journalists and political activists have received death threats, often signed by far-right groups.
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In fact, Duque’s hard-right party wants to ban all state cooperation with the war crimes tribunal and truth commission that, among other things, seek to clarify who is behind the killing of at least 215,000 civilians and the forced disappearance of another 80,000 Colombians.
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-vows-measures-to-curb-mass-killing-of-social-leaders-again/