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More than 100 human rights activists killed in Colombia in 2017, UN says
Following the Farc peace deal, activists face special risk in areas where the group’s exit has left a power vacuum, officials say
Thu 21 Dec ‘17 02.00 EST
More than 100 human rights defenders have been killed in Colombia this year, according to the United Nations, which urged more accountability and better protections.
Activists have been particularly at risk in regions that were vacated by rebel fighters under a peace agreement signed last year, leaving a power vacuum, the UN’s human rights office in Colombia said in a statement.
The peace accord signed by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) ended a civil war that had lasted half a century.
More than half of the 105 rights activists and community leaders killed this year were gunned down by hitmen, the UN said.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/20/more-than-100-human-rights-activists-killed-in-colombia-in-2017-un-says
