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Colombia must hold dialogue, punish police abuse, rights panel says

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s government must hold genuine dialogue with civil society and ensure punishment for security force members who have committed abuses after the violence at weeks of anti-government protests led to at least 27 deaths, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) said on Wednesday.

The largely peaceful protests, which began on April 28, initially attracted thousands of marchers and occasionally turned violent.

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The CIDH, an autonomous arm of the Organization of American. . .

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