Colombia’s ‘Ley Anticapuchos’ draws a necessary line between protest and vandalism

There is nothing particularly controversial about protecting the right to protest. Colombia’s Constitution does it. A democracy needs it. Governments should expect citizens to march, demonstrate, criticize and, when necessary, confront those in power. But there is an equally important principle: the right to protest cannot become a licence to destroy. That is the premise […]

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