UN warns of 'ongoing tragedy' as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction
Scott Campbell, Colombia's representative for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that the risk of physical and cultural extinction of Indigenous People of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is 'an ongoing tragedy that we can and must prevent.'
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