Asesinado el esposo de la dirigente indígena Aida Quilcué, Consejera Mayor del CRIC, cuando ella regresaba de asistir al Examen Periódico Universal de Colombia en las Naciones Unidas

Ginebra-París, 17 de diciembre de 2008. El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), condena el asesinato del comunero Edwin Legarda, a la vez que expresa su seria preocupación por la seguridad e integridad personal de su esposa la Sra. Aída Marina Quilcué Vivas, líder indígena y Consejera Mayor del Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (CRIC), (...) - Colombia / Defensores de derechos humanos, Consejo de Derechos Humanos

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Source: fidh.org

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