The Colombian Government "is drawing a positive image of the situation of human rights in the country, despite a rising number of news about forced evacuations, attacks against social and human rights activists and killings committed by the police". This has been reported today by Amnesty International, as they presented in Madrid a new report on human rights violations called "’Leave us in peace!". Civilians picked on by Colombia’s internal armed conflict". The report, an exhaustive survey of the situation of human rights in Colombia, contains a number of recommendations that, if implemented by the government and the guerrilla forces, might contribute to end the tragedy of human rights in the country. The report contains stories of individuals and groups affected by the conflict, which include members of the communities of African descent, of native and rural communities; victims of abductions, raped women and girls, children recruited by paramilitaries and the guerrillas, or maimed by mines; communities that are defending their right to stay out of the conflict; human rights defenders and trade unionists who have paid with their lives for their defence of human rights. (continued)
