Photo essay: Europe mobilizes on behalf of silenced social leaders in Colombia
On the 5th of April, a group of more than 500 protesters marched to The Hague to denounce the systematic murder of social leaders in Colombia before the International Criminal Court, which has been largely met with impunity so far in the South American nation. Español
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