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In Peru there is no defined policy against feminicide. The figures are alarming. During the year 2020, 138 cases of women murdered by their own husbands,
UN Human Rights report shows rising violence and inequality in Colombia
There were at least 795 acts of aggression, such as attacks and threats, against human rights defender, with women accounting for at least 26 per cent of victims. With 14 per cent of cases, Bogota was the worst affected area, along with Cauca.
British NGO that campaigns for human rights, workers’ rights and the search for peace with social justice in Colombia.
Widespread violence continued to impact Colombia’s most vulnerable and marginalised communities and social groups in 2020, according to the annual report on the country by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The report also found alarming levels of inequality, with women badly affected, and lack of access to essential services, with some regions lacking clean water and medical care. In many instances, the Colombian state has failed to address security and humanitarian concerns, particularly in regions long impacted by c
Government recognises only 21% of activist murders registered by human rights groups
Although the figures differ significantly, the different sources agree on the most violent region for social activists, with the government registering more killings in the southwest region of Cauca than anywhere else, followed by Norte de Santander, Chocó and Putumayo.
The Colombian government has acknowledged only around a fifth of the number of murdered social activists registered by national human rights organisations in 2020, as shown by official findings released on 22 February.
While the Institute for Studies in Development and Peace (INDEPAZ) registered a shocking 310 social activists murdered in 2020 – including indigenous leaders, trade unionists, environmental defenders, peasant leaders, women’s righta advocates, LGBT activists and so on – the government has put the year’s figure at 66, just over 21 per cent of INDEPAZ figure, with 63 others awaiting verification. Even in t