Colombian human rights activist seriously injured in gun attack

By Andrea

19 October 2009
According to an Amnesty International report, the invaluable work carried out by human rights defenders in Colombia shall not be overseen. Islena Rey, President of the Meta Human Rights Civic Committee, was travelling by boat along the Guejar river when embers of the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reportedly opened fire, seriously injuring her. As Marcelo Pollack, an Amnesty International’s researcher on Colombia, further noted; “Hundreds of activists are still the target of threats and killings at the hands of all the parties to the conflict; be they the security forces, paramilitaries or guerrilla groups. No one us providing them with effective protection.”

Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009101913580&lang=e&rss=recentnews