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Made invisible by pandemic, mass killing of Colombia's social leaders continues
by Adriaan Alsema May 10, 2020
The United Nations said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop the assassinations of Colombia’s social leaders and demobilized FARC members, it just made them invisible.
In a press statement, the UN’s observers of Colombia’s peace process condemned the assassination of FARC member Wilder Daniel Marin in Bello, just outside Medellin on Thursday, stressing 24 demobilized guerrillas have been assassinated so far this year.
The lockdown ordered by President Ivan Duque also did not stop the assassinations of human rights defenders and the community leaders, and the violence imposed on rural communities.
In the context of COVID-19, violence in conflict-affected territories has continued. Since the beginning of the national quarantine, six ex-combatants have been killed and at least 32 social leaders have been assassinated, as registered by national sources.
United Nations Verification Mission
More:
https://colombiareports.com/made-invisible-by-pandemic-mass-killing-of-colombias-social-leaders-continues/
