Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Colombian LO exile in PNG chosen for human rights award


A Colombian landowner, Marino Cordoba Berrio, who is a member of the Afro-Colombian ethnic group, currently a refugee in Papua New Guinea on the Manus Island has been nominated for the human rights award together with two refugees from Turkey and Sudan respectively. 

Director of the Martin Ennals Foundation Inc, Michael Khambatta, said Berrio has been fighting for his people’s rights over ownership of their land.

Berrio has been faced with threads and attacks from powerful landowners interested in exploring the land for commercial logging and mining.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michele Bachelet will announce the laureate of the Martin Ennals Award on the February 13th, 2019. - Via Garamut News.

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