Colombia's Indigenous People Face Extinction: UNHCR Report

Colombia's Indigenous People Face Extinction: UNHCR Report   In recognition of August 9th's International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the United Nation's High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) warns that many of Colombia's indigenous groups are in danger of extinction, due to murder, threats of violence, and forced displacement.   In a report published by the UNHCR's Bogota office, the refugee agency wrote that "in spite of new efforts by the state" to protect Colombia's indigenous...

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