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Human rights ombudsman says 58 killed in Colombia protests

FRANCE24, 10 Jun 2021
Fifty-eight people have been killed during #anti-government #protests that began in #Colombia five weeks ago and have also led to roadblocks and clashes with #police, the country’s human rights ombudsman said. In a report presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the ombudsman office also said it had received more than 400 allegations of human rights violations during the protests that started April 28, including cases of police beatings, arbitrary detentions and sexual abuses of protesters in police custody.

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