Colombia: Goldman Prize Winner Survives Armed Attack on Afro-Colombian Social Leaders

May 9, 2019 | Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
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Renowned environmental activist and Goldman Prize winner Francia Márquez has survived an attack against a meeting of Afro-Colombian human rights defenders by unknown gunmen in southwest Colombia. During a meeting of prominent human rights activists on a farm in Santander de Quilichao municipality on May 4, two government-assigned bodyguards were wounded when an unknown number of armed men tried to push in. The activists were discussing agreements made between the government and Afro-Colombian communities following a massive land rights protest last month.