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30 April 2021: Flames rise from a burning barricade behind a riot police officer during confrontations after a protest in Cali, Colombia, against neoliberal reforms and growing poverty. (Photograph by Luis Robayo/ AFP)
Colombian security forces have killed more than 40 people since recent protests began on 28 April, according to
Temblores, a Colombian non-governmental organisation (NGO) that documents state violence. Along with countless cases of torture and sexual assault, around 500 people remain missing since the protests began and could have been “disappeared”, a reality all too familiar to Colombians.
The actual number of deaths is likely higher as chaos and uncertainty unfolded during the continuing general strike, with President Iván Duque threatening to declare martial law if the protests continue. The military was deployed onto the streets of major cities across the country and distressing videos of police brutality continue to flood social media.
The deadly violence by police and paramilitary groups against protesters in Colombia is made possible by the military aid of the government's Western allies.
Protesters demonstrate in Bogotá. | AFP
Colombia has warned Argentina against interfering in its internal affairs in a diplomatic row over the ferocity of the police response toward Colombian demonstrators.
President Alberto Fernández criticised what he called “institutional violence” against anti-government protests that flared up across the Andean nation in recent days.
With concern I observe the repression unleashed in the face of social protests that occurred in Colombia. I pray that the Colombian people return to societal peace and I urge the government, in keeping with human rights, to cease the unique institutional violence that has been carried out,” said the Argentine head of state.
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(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
U.S. House Foreign Affairs chair Gregory Meeks, a Democrat, expressed concern over âexcessive use of forceâ, and warned that the so-called Leahy Law bars the U.S. from supporting security forces involved in severe human rights violations.
The U.N. Office for Human Rights said in a statement that it was âdeeply alarmedâ by police opening fire on demonstrators in Cali, Colombiaâs third-largest city, on Monday night.