Colombia is the deadliest country for human rights defenders, with one activist killed every three days since the 2016 peace agreement
16 October 2018

Colombia is the deadliest country for human rights defenders, with one activist killed every three days since the 2016 peace agreement
There has been no respite from the violence in Colombia since the historic peace process that put an end to a war lasting over half a century. It is the country with the highest rate of murders (committed with impunity and suspected of following a pattern) targeting human rights defenders in the whole of Latin America, the region hardest hit by this problem.Read the full article
By José Fajardo
Keywords
Human rights
, Education, Poverty, Armed conflict, Democracy, Crime and justice, Legislation