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UN says 'staggering' deaths of rights activists in Colombia

by Associated Press
| January 14, 2020 8:05 AM

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed alarm Tuesday at the “staggering number” of social activists killed in Colombia despite a peace accord aimed at improving conditions in poor, rural areas.

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