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Death threats: Colombia's human rights defenders' daily bread
by Adriaan Alsema October 14, 2019
Assassinations of human rights defenders and community leaders dropped 23% in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, but death threats went up 75%, according to a think tank.
In its latest report, think tank Somos Defensores, compared the six months leading up to the election of President Ivan Duque to the first months of this year.
The NGO warned that the drop in assassinations of human rights defenders highlighted by the government is amply compensated by the sharp increase in death threats and other non-lethal acts of violence that are ignored by the government.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/death-threats-colombias-human-rights-defenders-daily-bread/
