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Colombia’s Bishops Ask for Action to Halt Violence

The Bishops of Colombia feel “immense pain and concern in receiving, every day during this 2020, news of assassinations of leaders and threats to communities”, and express “solidarity with the survivors, family members and friends of those who lost their lives in this wave of violence and senseless death”, says the statement of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia after the murder of another social leader. The statement was reported by Fides News Agency. 17 days have passed since the beginning of 2020 and there are also 17 human rights defenders killed because of leaders or representatives of some rural community.

“We insist on the need to implement a national public policy to deal with this threat, which includes protection initiatives, timely responses to alarms and effective presence of state institutions in the most vulnerable communities,” write the Bishops, addressing the new municipal and regional administrators recently elected, urging them to put the protection of communities and social leaders into their administrative programs.

The Bishops’ request starts from respect for the life of each person, “which is sacred”, and the murders and violent actions “against our brothers and sisters” end up “threatening democracy” and the institutions of the Country.

Praise the Lord

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