Thursday, October 13, 2011

Churches in Colombia launch monitoring programme for violence victims | Ekklesia

Churches in Colombia launch monitoring programme for violence victims | Ekklesia: "Official statistics indicate the existence of three million people who were pushed away from their land and property in Colombia due to armed conflict that has taken place for years in the country.

Human rights organisations claim, however, that the number of "displaced people" is actually close to five million.

A new monitoring programme, supported by the World Council of Churches and other actors, has been organised to address these human crises."

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