Violence in Colombia Requires Bold Response from Biden Administration
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June 1, 2021
Colombia s national strike and protests, which began on April 28, continue to generate violence, destruction, and a panoply of human rights abuses. As of May 31, a network of Colombian civil society groups registered 71 homicides within the context of the protests. All but two of the dead are civilians.
While violence ebbed a bit during mid-May,
the pace of homicides has picked up alarmingly in the past 10 days. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights counted 14 killed in Cali alone between May 28-30.
Police brutality, disproportionate use of force by security forces, and unsettling videos showing civilians shooting weapons in the presence of the police continue to circulate. Cali -Colombia s third largest city with a high number of Afro-descendant residents -has suffered up to 46 homicides and a brazen, racist attack on an Indigenous Nasa caravan that entered the city in early May in
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