Protest against violence in Colombia. Flickr. Some rights reserved
Some were beaten. Others were stripped of their clothes and forced to endure the freezing cold. Many were robbed of their mobile phones and money. A human rights crisis is unfolding in Colombia and it remains largely unnoticed.
On 30 May, millions of Colombians took to the streets in protest to demand peace with justice and an end to the government’s model of ‘economic development’ that favours big business and the established land owning elite.
