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Indigenous & Latina Women & Children's Human
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Indigenous Women, Children at Risk |
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Last Updated November 1, 2007 |
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Colombia
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Centuries
of Impunity Continue Today
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About the Crisis for All Columbian Women
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Americas:
Indigenous People at High Risk
As the world marks the International Day of the
World's
Indigenous People, native peoples continue to be
the victims of human rights violations --
including killings and "disappearances" -- in
many parts of the Americas, Amnesty
International said today.
"Intimidation, harassment and violent attacks
against
indigenous communities are frequent occurrences
in countries including Honduras, Brazil,
Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela," the
organization added, calling on governments
throughout the region to ensure the rights of
indigenous people are fully respected.
From a News
Release Issued by the International Secretariat
of Amnesty International - August 9, 2001
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A
thirteen-year-old indigenous girl is held captive by the FARC
leftist guerilla in La Plata, Colombia
July, 2002.
© Getty Images
More photos from
You'll Learn Not to Cry: Child Combatants in Colombia
- Human Rights Watch
Indigenous Colombians face random murder and
systematic rape at the hands of both
rightist 'paramilitary' units and leftist
guerillas. In addition, the centuries
of impunity in sexual assault that have
plagued indigenous women and children across
Latin America are cultural forces that
continue to exist in all of Colombia's
diverse regional cultures.
LATEST NEWS
Colombia,
Spain
Madrid, Esp. -
Líder indígena
colombiana denuncia a paramilitares
homicidas
Madrid, Spain - Wayúu
tribal leader Karmen Ramirez, known as the
Wayúu Warrior, recently visited Spain
to denounce repeated acts of murder and
threats against life carried out by
Colombia's right wing paramilitary armies.
Paramilitaries
began incursions into Wayúu territory in the
late 1990's, aided by the government and
other institutions. Ramirez:
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"The
paramilitaries wanted absolute
control the commerce and politics of
the region..."
"For
these reasons they began to murder
and 'disappear' Wayúu tribal
members." |
The efforts of
Ramirez and other, especially women leaders
to organize and protest these acts have only
lead to an increase in the repression
against them.
Ramirez has been
intimidated and threatened, like many other
indigenous leaders, and several members of
her family have been murdered by
paramilitary forces.
Ana
Requena Aguilar
CIMAC/AmecoPress
Oct. 31, 2007
Added June 6, 2005
Femicide in
Colombia
The U.S. has
Provided Over $100 Million to the 18th
Brigade Since 2003.
Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu flee into
Venezuela -Date:
21 May 2004
Excerpts:
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, May 21, 2004 United
Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu people have
sought refuge in north-western Venezuela
after fleeing brutal attacks by armed groups
in Colombia.
The UN refugee agency has registered 306
Wayúu people in Venezuela's border state of
Zulia after an assessment mission that ended
on Friday. The majority of them are women
and children, and numbers may be as high as
400 to 500, according to indigenous leaders.
Many of the displaced have sought shelter in
the homes of relatives and are reluctant to
identify themselves because they fear
attracting too much attention.
The Wayúu fled their native community of
Bahia Portete in La Guajira, Colombia,
following armed attacks and massacres by
illegal armed groups in the last month. In
addition to those who crossed into
Venezuela, another 500 were displaced within
Colombia.
...The
paramilitaries entered in the morning – some
30 dressed as civilians and followed by
another 100 in camouflage uniforms," said
one of the displaced people in Venezuela.
"They all had weapons, AK-47s, and went from
house to house grabbing whoever couldn't run
away. They pulled my mom, who is an old
lady, out of the house while hitting and
insulting her. Once they got her outside,
they killed her. That's what they did with
many women and even children... |
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