88. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an organisation (details supplied) 51 social leaders, activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated to date in 2017 in Colombia and this list has been verified against statistics from a human rights think tank (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) has denounced threats made to a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that after the killing of two members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and six of their relatives in April 2017 threats and assassinations against FARC are not ceasing; and his views on the safety of human rights defenders and the peace process in Colombia. [25635/17]

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88. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an organisation (details supplied) 51 social leaders, activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated to date in 2017 in Colombia and this list has been verified against statistics from a human rights think tank (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) has denounced threats made to a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that after the killing of two members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and six of their relatives in April 2017 threats and assassinations against FARC are not ceasing; and his views on the safety of human rights defenders and the peace process in Colombia. [25635/17]

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1. 30 May 2017

   Human Rights

   88. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an organisation (details supplied) 51 social leaders, activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated to date in 2017 in Colombia and this list has been verified against statistics from a human rights think tank (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) has denounced threats made to a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that after the killing of two members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and six of their relatives in April 2017 threats and assassinations against FARC are not ceasing; and his views on the safety of human rights defenders and the peace process in Colombia. [25635/17]

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