He former president of the Community Action Board of the municipality of Tame, in the department of Arauca, Albeiro Caicedowas murdered on a road in that town, the police reported this Friday. UNwhich brings the number of human rights defenders murdered so far this year to 148.
“We condemn the murder of Albeiro Caicedo, human rights defender, member of the Network of Human Rights Defenders of Arauca and Community leader, murdered today in the rural area of Tame“, wrote the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, Juliette de Riveroin your X account.
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Arauca, bordering Venezuela, is an area of Colombia in which there is a declared war between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC dissidents for territorial control, which has endangered the population with selective murders and threats and forced displacements.
De Rivero urged the “non-state armed groups to respect the life and integrity of those who defend human rights in Arauca, their work is fundamental for the civilian population and for democracy“.
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Likewise, the official urged State entities to carry out the “urgent protection actions for defenders and we call to investigate, prosecute and punish the authors of crimes against defenders“.
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According to figures from the NGO Institute for the Development of Peace Studies (Indepaz) This year, 148 leaders and human rights defenders have been murdered in Colombia.
EFE
