Duque shuns Nobel Peace Prize laureate during visit to support Colombia's victims of sexual violence
Duque shuns Nobel Peace Prize laureate during visit to support Colombia’s victims of sexual violence
by Adriaan Alsema August 18, 2019
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has come under fire for refusing to meet with Nobel Peace Price laureate Denis Mukwege who was on a five-day visit to support victims of sexual violence.
Mukwege, a physician from Congo, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his “efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”
The defender of victims of sexual violence arrived in Colombia on Wednesday, but was shunned by both Duque and Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez, who delegated the meeting with Mukwege to the presidential adviser for women’s equality, Gheydi Gallo.
While opposition leaders blasted the government, Mukwege said Friday that “I was invited by the Colombian people” while attending a forum for victims of sexual violence in the capital Bogota.
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The King and Queen and The Crown Princess Couple with recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize Dr Denis Mukwege and his wife Madeleine Mapendo Kaboyi.
Photo: Sara Friberg/The Royal Court of Sweden
Colombian President Ivan Duque and Donald Trump offering each other a finger to pull.