Colombia: Guerrillas Should Free Kidnapped People

Expand Members of the 'Omar Gomez' Western War Front of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla line up in their camp on the banks of the San Juan River, Choco department, Colombia, on November 21, 2017. © 2017 Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The Colombian armed group known as the National Liberation Army (ELN) should unconditionally release all kidnapped people and reveal what happened to any who have died, Human Rights Watch said today. Peace talks between the Colombian government and the ELN have been suspended since President Iván Duque took office in August 2018.…

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