Colombia's murder rate is at an all-time low but its activists keep getting killed
- Written by Fabio Andres Diaz, Researcher on Conflict, Peace and Development, International Institute of Social Studies
A 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was supposed to bring peace to this South American country after a 52-year civil war that killed 220,000 people.
Instead, nearly 300 community organizers and activists have been murdered since the accords were signed in...
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