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UN contradicts Duque over drop in killing of Colombia's human rights defenders
by Adriaan Alsema January 15, 2020
The United Nations on Tuesday contradicted President Ivan Duque‘s claim that the killing of human rights defenders dropped 25% last year, saying it may have gone up.
In a press statement, the UN Human Rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado said that her office had verified homicides of 107 human rights defenders carried out in 2019 and was in the process of verifying another 13.
Attacks on human rights defenders had already intensified during 2018, when 115 killings were confirmed by the UN Human Rights Office in Colombia. And this terrible trend is showing no let-up in 2020, with at least 10 human rights defenders already reportedly killed during the first 13 days of January.
UN Human Rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado
Over the past few weeks, Duque has repeatedly claimed “a reduction in the killing of social leaders close to 25%,” spurring the UN to debunk the president’s latest lie.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/un-contradicts-duque-over-drop-in-killing-of-colombias-human-rights-defenders/
