"Colombia: The international community must call for the protection of the Living Rivers Movement in the Antioquia department (Movimiento Ríos Vivos Antioquia) and an investigation into murders of the Movement’s members", 22 May 2018

The International Office for Human Rights – Action Colombia (OIDHACO) and the signatory organisations...would like to express their serious concerns to the European Union institutions, EU member States, Switzerland and Norway about the situation faced by the population affected by the Hidroituango development project in Colombia and about the Living Rivers Movement in the Antioquia department (Movimiento Ríos Vivos Antioquia)...The population in the Hidroituango project’s area of influence has also undergone 10 forced evictions over the last few years..In response to the damages suffered by the population, the company...Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has offered compensation, however, this is insufficient...Added to this situation is the murder of Hugo Albeiro George Pérez on 2 May 2018, a member of the El Aro Association of Victims and People Affected by Megaprojects...[it] also claimed the life of Domar Egidio Zapata George.. [O]n 8 May 2018, Luis Alberto Torres Montoya was also killed. Mr Montoya was from the Association of Small Miners and Fishers (Asociación de Pequeños Mineros y Pesqueros - AMPA) in Puerto Valdivia, which is part of the MRVA. Duvian Andrés Correa Sanchez was also killed...