This document expresses Amnesty International’s concern that human rights defenders, who threaten to expose the reality of the human rights crisis in the city and the links which exist between the paramilitaries and the security forces, are at particular risk since they continue to pose a serious challenge to the ability of paramilitaries to consolidate their control unhindered. The report uses illustrative examples and Amnesty International believes that Teresa Yarce was killed because she dared to challenge the presence of paramilitary forces in her neighbourhood.
