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Genocide: the new normal in Duque's Colombia
by Adriaan Alsema December 29, 2019
While Colombia’s government is boasting a 25% reduction in the killing of human rights defenders and community leaders, genocide has become the new normal.
The government of President Ivan Duque has taken the manipulation of statistics to a whole new level in its attempts to make the endless killing disappear and conceal its failure to respond.
In an interview with newspaper El Espectador, the presidential adviser on human rights, Francisco Barbosa, claimed on Thursday that 84 social leaders were assassinated between January 1 and December 17.
This was a 25% reduction compared to last year, he said. Where the top official got his numbers from is a mystery.
Government statistics contradict all other statistics
President Ivan Duque (L) and UN Mission chief Carlos Ruiz (Image: UN Photo)
The United Nations reported 123 assassinations of presumed social leaders in October already.
According to independent conflict monitor Indepaz, 234 social leaders were assassinated between January 1 and December 12.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/genocide-the-new-normal-in-duques-colombia/
