Colombia police used torture and sexual harassment to quell protests – Amnesty
by Luke Taylor in Bogotá from World news | The Guardian on (#66CW6)
Police accused of gender-based rights violations against women and LGBTQ+ people as they cracked down on protests in 2021
Colombian police used sexual harassment, torture and forced nudity to target women and LGBTIQ+ people as they cracked down on a nationwide wave of protests in 2021, a report by Amnesty International has found.
National and anti-riot police units committed hundreds of acts of gender-based human rights violations in its response to protests, the Amnesty investigation revealed.
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