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UN genocide prevention chief looking into Colombia's mass killing of rights defenders
by Adriaan Alsema April 29, 2020
The United Nations’ genocide prevention chief wants to visit Colombia while looking into the ongoing mass killing of human rights defenders, community leaders and demobilized guerrillas.
The UN’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, wrote to peace organization Defendamos la Paz that he has been looking to assist in the prevention of these mass killings and, “if possible,” visit the country.
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Dieng has been looking into the mass killings since January when he met the UN’s Mission chief to Colombia, Carlos Ruiz, at the UN’s headquarters in New York City.
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Since the beginning of a peace process with former FARC guerrillas in December 2016, more than 750 social leaders and almost 200 demobilized rebels have been assassinated, according to think tank Indepaz.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/un-genocide-prevention-chief-looking-into-colombias-mass-killing-of-rights-defenders/
