Massacres and Killings of Social Leaders Impede Peace in Colombia - Colombia
Massacres and Killings of Social Leaders Impede Peace in Colombia Format 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 sto...