Human Rights Defenders in Colombia Killed at Alarming Rate

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Human Rights Defenders in Colombia Killed at Alarming Rate
By Lisa Schlein    January 15, 2020

 GENEVA - The U.N. human rights office says it is alarmed at the number of human rights defenders who were killed in Colombia last year.

Human rights monitors have confirmed 107 activists were killed in 2019, but they say they are in the process of verifying 13 additional cases which, if confirmed, would bring the death toll to 120.

They say the danger is continuing, noting that at least 10 activists reportedly have been killed during the first 13 days of this year. Human rights spokeswoman Marta Hurtado says the majority of killings happen in impoverished, rural areas where criminal groups and armed groups operate.

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