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Bogota, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia on Monday repudiated the murder of the Nasa people's leader, Marcos Camayo, perpetrated this Sunday in Buenos Aires municipality, in Cauca department.
El Gobierno envía Esmad y Policía, la ciudadanía cultura y arte! pic.twitter.com/aKlbIrlL20
The protests were by far the largest since a national strike on April 28 sparked daily protests that seem to grow only bigger and more colorful with every attempt to violently repress them.
Decían que la gente está cansada de marchar. Hoy Medellín demuestra lo contrario. #ParoNacional12M Foto: @lamagiadelabicipic.twitter.com/TeJQJDJZfa
In the east of Cali, where police repression has been among the most brutal, the loathed riot-police unit ESMAD was being confronted by the community’s women protecting their families from police brutality, according to activist radio station Contagio.
Massacres and Killings of Social Leaders Impede Peace in Colombia
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by Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli
In recent months, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) has received various requests for the protection of social leaders and ethnic minorities, as well as human rights cases requiring intervention. These have surpassed our staff’s ability to act on all of them in our usual, expeditious manner. As such, we are constrained to publishing alerts in a parceled manner. Below are the first set of cases we’ve received.
We cannot stress enough that international actions are required to stop the human rights rollbacks occurring as a result of the inadequate implementation of the 2016 peace accord, especially the Ethnic Chapter; resistance to advance a humanitarian dialogue with the National Liberation Army (