Colombia: IACHR Laments Landmine Death Of Indigenous Child In Colombia


Colombia: IACHR Laments Landmine Death Of Indigenous Child In Colombia   The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) laments the death of an Awá indigenous child in Colombia, and the injuries suffered by several other members of the Awá indigenous people, as a result of explosions of antipersonnel landmines that had allegedly been planted in their territory by illegal armed groups.   According to the information the Commission has received, on January 31, 2011, on the Hojal La Turbia...

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