Colombia: 120 civil leaders killed in just over year

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Colombia: 120 civil leaders killed in just over year

A total of 120 civil leaders have been killed in Colombia in the past 14 months, the state human rights watchdog said Friday, fueling concerns for a delicate peace process.

The watchdog counted "120 homicides of human rights activists and civil leaders, as well as 33 attempted killings and 27 attacks" on such victims, its chief Carlos Negret told a news conference.

President Juan Manuel Santos has warned that fresh violence could destabilize the current demobilization of the leftist FARC rebels under a historic peace accord.

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