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US lawmakers urge Trump to protect Colombia's social leaders
Source: Colombia Reports
by Jarrod Demir May 31, 2018
More than 70 United States Congressmen urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to defend Colombia’s social leaders who are facing deadly violence.
In a letter, the lawmakers call on the Trump administration to “actively support” the protection of human rights defenders, social leaders and community chiefs targeted by illegal armed groups across Colombia’s rural provinces.
America must stand up for human rights at home and around the world. Colombia is facing a human rights crisis at a critical time as they continue the essential process of implementing the historic peace accords which ended their decades-long war.
Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA)
More than 261 social leaders have been killed in Colombia since a peace deal in November 2016 with Marxist FARC guerrillas, according to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Read more: https://colombiareports.com/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-protect-colombias-social-leaders/