IACHR Condemns Murder Of Human Rights Defender Of Wayuu People In Colombia

IACHR Condemns Murder Of Human Rights Defender Of Wayuu People In Colombia   The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) strongly condemns the murder of an indigenous leader and human rights defender of the Wayúu people of Colombia.   According to information the Commission has received, on July 27, 2010, Luis Alfredo Socarrás Pimienta, a Wayúu indigenous leader, dentist, and human rights defender, was killed in Riohacha. The information available indicates that the crime was...

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