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FORTY-TWO people have been killed so far in Colombia’s brutal crackdown on mass protests, the country’s human rights ombudsman said on Tuesday.
The government agency added that 168 people had been reported missing during the protests, which continued to rage today.
Colombian police have been accused of disappearing protesters as well as of torture and rape as they battle an uprising against the neoliberal government of Ivan Duque.
Argentina’s Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group dedicated to finding children stolen from disappeared parents during the country’s Jorge Videla dictatorship, said it stood in solidarity with the Colombian people and called for an end “to the institutional violence unleashed by Mr Duque.”
The Colombian unrest began when the government proposed to raise taxes to reduce its deficit. Though the tax plans have been withdrawn protesters are now calling for reform of the police and free university tuition among other demands.
