Yes. We're really seeing an increase in attacks and stigmatization by members of the government against human rights advocates. President Uribe has accused human rights advocates of being human rights traffickers in the service of terrorism. These are extremely serious charges which, for us, jeopardize our escorts in the field. When they make a direct association between human rights advocates and terrorism, it's a message that gives the green light to the paramilitary to attack human rights advocates. In that sense, we believe this quite seriously increases the risks we run in the field.
On May 11th, 2010. See this statement in context.