Leyner Palacios
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Leyner Palacios Asprilla is an Afro-Colombian human rights activist and lawyer.{{Cite news |last=Paternostro |first=Silvana |title=Colombia’s Peace-Whisperer Makes Plenty of Enemies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/world/americas/colombia-peace-leyner-palacios.html |work=The New York Times}} A co-founder of the Committee for the Rights of Victims of Bojayá,{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Joe |last2=Gawanas |first2=Bience |date=2017-11-14 |title=Pluralism paves a path to inclusion |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/pluralism-paves-a-path-to-inclusion/article36977798/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016.{{Cite web |title=» Leyner Palacios Asprilla |url=https://award.pluralism.ca/2017-recipients-2/leyner-palacios-asprilla/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=award.pluralism.ca}}{{Cite web |title=Recognizing a Few Influential Peacebuilders this Black History Month {{!}} One Earth Future |url=https://oneearthfuture.org/en/one-earth-future/news/recognizing-few-influential-peacebuilders-black-history-month |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=oneearthfuture.org |language=en}}
Biography
Palacios Asprilla grew up in Pogue, a hamlet within the borders of the Bojayá region.
In 2014, he helped create the Committee for the Rights of Victims of Bojayá, which represents 11,000 victims of the Colombian conflict.{{Cite news |last=Wyss |first=Jim |title=Give peace a chance? In Colombia, some are finding it hard to do |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/colombia/article186057298.html |work=The Miami Herald}}
Apart from his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, Palacios Asprilla's other notable recognitions include the Global Pluralism Award and the Peace Summit Medal for Social Impact at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2017.{{Cite web |title=2017 Peace Summit Medal for Social Impact – Leyner Palacios Asprilla {{!}} Nobel Peace Summit |url=http://www.nobelpeacesummit.com/project/2017-peace-summit-medal-for-social-activism-kerry-kennedy-copy/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |language=en-US}}
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