July 7, 2006

Colombian Academics and Students Receive Death Threats, Forcing Some Into Hiding

By MIKE CEASER

Death threats against professors, students, and employees at two Colombian public universities have driven one professor out of the country and several students into hiding. Last month a professor was killed, although it is unclear whether his murder was related to his work.

Colombian professors and students have long been the targets of both right-wing paramilitary groups and left-wing guerrillas during the country's 41-year-old civil war. This most recent spate of threats has some

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