By Steven Grattan PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia\u2019s Putumayo River \u2014 a home she hasn’t slept in for more than eight years. The longtime environmental activist has been threatened for work that includes protecting part of the Amazon from oil and mining exploitation. She describes a tense escape one night through a back window after community members tipped her that armed men were outside. \u201cSince leaving because of the threats, I\u2019m afraid … it\u2019s not safe to live here,\u201d she told The Associated Press. She only comes now for brief daytime visits when accompanied by others. \u201cThe two times I\u2019ve tried to come back and stay, I\u2019ve had to run away.\u201d Activists like Silva face steep… <\/p>\n
By Steven Grattan PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia\u2019s Putumayo River \u2014 a home she hasn’t slept in for more than eight years. The longtime environmental activist has been threatened for work that includes protecting part of the Amazon from oil and mining exploitation. She describes a tense escape one night through a back window after community members tipped her that armed men were outside. \u201cSince leaving because of the threats, I\u2019m afraid … it\u2019s not safe to live here,\u201d she told The Associated Press. She only comes now for brief daytime visits when accompanied by others. \u201cThe two times I\u2019ve tried to come back and stay, I\u2019ve had to run away.\u201d Activists like Silva face steep... <\/p>\n