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Women march in Colombia against police sexual violence
Protesters stand with shields and helmets at an intersection, during an anti-government march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday night, May 12, 2021
COLOMBIAN women marched against sexual assault by the police today as the uprising against President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal government continued.
“Our bodies are not battlefields — we demand justice for the 16 women who were raped by agents of the Anti-Riot Mobile Squadron during the protests,” the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom declared.
One underage girl raped by police was so traumatised she killed herself on Tuesday, it added. She was seized and raped by four officers when returning from a protest in Popayan, activists charge.
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