Colombia women gather to remember lovers, violence victims over the country

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-11-2006 13:34

In Colombia, hundreds of women have gathered at Boliva's Plaza in Bogota. They are there to remember loved ones who are missing, or who have been kidnapped or murdered -- amid violence in the country. The demonstration on Sunday also marked the commemoration of International Day of Human Rights.

Widows, mothers and relatives of the victims dressed in black and holding white crosses sat on chairs all along Bogota's Septima Avenue. The United Nations has documented over 8,000,100 human rights abuses by leftist rebels, paramilitary groups and government forces during the four-decades of civil war in the country.

In the past, the UN has highlighted a lack of action by the Colombian government to investigate abuses against labor leaders, as well as indigenous activists and other threatened groups.

Editor:Du Xiaodan