Colombia “rolls up to show a leg” to honour thousands of anti-personnel mines victims

The country has the largest number of planted active mines in the world only behind Afghanistan



In different cities of the country ravaged by guerrilla warfare, the International Day of Mine awareness ceremonies was attended by government and military officials as well as the survivors of these non conventional weapons.
Several weeks ahead of the Wednesday mines awareness day a campaign was launched inviting citizens to “lend your leg; roll up”, in a gesture to mark solidarity with so

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