Goldman Prize winner survives armed attack on Afro-Colombian social leaders

Mongabay
May 9, 2019, 9:42 am317 pts
BOGOTA – 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…

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