WOLA: Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas
1 Jul 2008 | News

WOLA Expresses Concern About Killing of Colombian Community Leader

In a letter to Congress, WOLA and other human rights organizations and activists expressed their concern about the assassination of Felipe Landazury, Secretary General of the Community Council of Bajo Mira y Frontera in Colombia, on June 24, allegedly at the hands of paramilitaries. Landazury was known to be opposed to palm oil cultivation in the collective territories. Atrocities against Afro-Colombians continue to occur even as the Uribe Administration claims that paramilitaries are dismantling.

In a letter to Congress, WOLA and other human rights organizations and activists expressed their concern about the assassination of Felipe Landazury, Secretary General of the Community Council of Bajo Mira y Frontera in Colombia, on June 24, allegedly at the hands of paramilitaries.  Landazury was known to be opposed to palm oil cultivation in Afro-Colombian collective territories.  Atrocities against Afro-Colombians continue to occur even as the Uribe Administration claims that paramilitaries are dismantling.

Click here to download the letter.

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