Paramilitary plan to kill human rights activist exposed in Colombia

Headline Title: Paramilitary plan to kill human rights activist exposed in Colombia 07 June 2013 The Colombian authorities must ensure the safety of a human rights defender and his family after an anonymous source warned local police that paramilitaries are intending to kill them, Amnesty International said.On 3 June, the police commander of the Department of Sucre, in northern Colombia, received an email saying paramilitaries were intending to kill human rights defender Juan David Díaz, his wife and "another person close to the family".“This is by no means the first time that a human…

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