No pandemic will stop mass killings of Colombia's human rights defenders
by Adriaan Alsema April 10, 2020
The mass killing of Colombia’s human rights defenders continued unabated in the first quarter of 2020, according to the United Nations and social organizations.
According to UN human rights chief Alberto Brunori, his office received 56 reports of assassinated social leaders, but has only been able to verify 14 of them.
Social organizations echo UN concern
Human rights organization Somos Defensores reported a similar problem. They received 62 reports, but have only been able to verify if the homicides corresponded to social leaders in 36 cases.
Because of a nationwide quarantine that took force on March 25, the human rights leaders have been unable to travel to the often rural areas to verify if the victims belonged to any kind of social organization.
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This is a recurring situation throughout Colombia's dreadful history of hard-right government.