Thursday, June 9, 2016

Remembering a beloved defender of Indigenous rights and the deadly struggle that continues in Colombia

Amnesty International Canada
June 2, 2016

      "June 2nd is a day of painful remembering for me. I will never forget the phone call 15 years ago that delivered heart-stopping news. Embera Katío indigenous leader Kimy Pernía Domicó had been abducted by paramilitaries in northern Colombia. He was never seen again, despite courageous efforts by his people to find and rescue him.
     Kimy won many friends in Canada. I feel honoured to be among them."

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