HRW urges to implement Colombia's peace deal to end massacres
by Adriaan Alsema October 18, 2021
The Americas chief of Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Colombia’s government to implement a 2016 peace deal on Sunday after the report of another massacre.
According to think tank Indepaz, the massacre of five people in the town of Betania, Antioquia, on Sunday was the 76th this year.
Quantifying terror
HRW Americas chief Jose Miguel Vivanco said that the number of massacres reported this year was similar to the number of massacres before the beginning of a peace process with now-defunct guerrilla group FARC.
Vivanco’s claim was confirmed by Defense Ministry statistics that indicated that the number of massacres committed between January and August was the highest since 2011.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/hrw-urges-to-implement-colombias-peace-deal-to-end-massacres/
