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Added on the 18/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bogotá, Jun 2 (EFE).- Nury Rojas stares at a photograph displayed on the wall, sighs and with a lump in her throat says: "Here I am for you."She touches a photo of Angie Paola Baquero Rojas, her daughter who was killed during the September 2020 protests in Colombia against police brutality. (Camera: CARLOS ORTEGA). SHOT LIST: THE EXHIBITION "STOLEN LIVES" BY COLOMBIAN ARTIST DORIS SALCEDO AT THE FRAGMENTOS GALLERY IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLOMBIA IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, May 15 (EFE) .- The marches in Colombia that demand social and political reforms and the end of police brutality reached day 18 amid expectations for the beginning of the negotiations this Sunday between the Colombian Government and the National Unemployment Committee. (Camera: MAURICIO DUEÑAS)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS DEMANDING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
La Paz, May 7 (EFE).- Dozens of people held a demonstration near the Colombian embassy in La Paz to demand an end to the alleged brutal repression of protesters in Colombia, resisting a controversial fiscal reform by President Ivan Duque.Activists and some Colombian residents had organized the demonstration, blending music with harsh slogans against the Duque government.The protesters marched to the embassy complex in the Calacoto neighborhood, accompanied by a group of drummers. (Camera: JUAN PABLO ROCA).SHOT LIST: ANTI-GOVERNEMNT PROTEST ON MAY 7, 2021 IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
Bogota, Sep 13 (EFE).- People in the Colombian capital took part Sunday in a ceremony where they remembered 13 victims of the violent protests against police brutality and asked for forgiveness, reconciliation and the end of violence.SHOT LIST: PEOPLE JOIN A CEREMONY HELD IN PLAZA DE BOLIVAR, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF VIOLENT PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. SOUND BITES: FLOR ALCIRA PERALTA, MOTHER OF THE VICTIM. TRANSLATION: It was all great today. It was something nice to do in order to ask for peace, for no more wars, no more violence between police and our communities, especially with our kids.
Police officers wearing full body armours fire rubber bullets and use tear gas to disperse protesters gathered on the streets of the Colombian capital for a third night, following numerous clashes triggered by the death of a man who was repeatedly tasered by police, in which at least 10 people have been killed. IMAGES