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Her son was killed by the Colombian military. Now, she’s getting an apology
1 year, 2 months ago

Her son was killed by the Colombian military. Now, she’s getting an apology

Al Jazeera  

Defence Minister Ivan Velasquez has apologised to families of 19 civilians killed by military members under false pretenses. On Tuesday, Defence Minister Ivan Velasquez issued a public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 civilians, including Mendez’s son and nephew, clearing their names of any wrongdoing and acknowledging the state’s responsibility for their deaths. But former President Ivan Duque refused …

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Colombia’s former FARC leaders face prison time over kidnappings
2 years ago

Colombia’s former FARC leaders face prison time over kidnappings

Al Jazeera  

More than 21,000 victims of kidnapping have been connected to the former rebel group, which demobilised in 2017. Colombia’s transitional justice tribunal recommended sentencing seven former FARC commanders to five to eight years for kidnappings and similar crimes during the country’s decades-long armed conflict. The tribunal, known as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, was created to prosecute former FARC members …

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Colombian environmental activists deluged by threats
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombian environmental activists deluged by threats

Al Jazeera  

Santander, Colombia – Environmental activists Fabian Urquijo and Jhordan Peinado, who hail from Colombia’s Santander region, received an eerie warning in February. And this is by no means an isolated case: Many Colombian activists are increasingly worried that they could be targeted for their work, as recent data from Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace and Corporacion Compromiso, a local NGO, …

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Colombia: Former army officials admit role in killing civilians
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombia: Former army officials admit role in killing civilians

Al Jazeera  

Ex-army officials tell special tribunal they participated in so-called ‘false positive’ killings of over 100 civilians. “After years of silence and fear, the time for truth has finally arrived, to put an end to decades of impunity,” the JEP said in a video shared before the ex-military officials’ statements. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti, reporting from the capital Bogota, said “truly …

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Colombia: Ex-soldiers take responsibility for killing 227
3 years ago

Colombia: Ex-soldiers take responsibility for killing 227

Al Jazeera  

Twenty-one former soldiers admit to participating in so-called ‘false positive’ killings, special tribunal says. Twenty-one former Colombian soldiers and one civilian have accepted responsibility for the forced disappearance and subsequent murder of at least 227 people, the country’s transitional justice tribunal has said. “I express my regret for the great pain caused by abominable acts committed … which led to …

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Colombia’s FARC rebels recruited more than 18,000 children: Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Colombia’s FARC rebels recruited more than 18,000 children: Court

Al Jazeera  

Colombia’s now-demobilised FARC rebels recruited more than 18,000 children into their ranks across a 20-year period, a transitional justice court has said, accusing the group of subjecting the children to abuses and treatment that amounts to war crimes. The tribunal will see 26 former FARC members testify, as Colombia seeks to grapple with the lasting impact of the country’s decades-long …

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Colombia court accuses soldiers of killing 120 civilians
3 years, 5 months ago

Colombia court accuses soldiers of killing 120 civilians

Al Jazeera  

Peace court accuses 10 Colombian army members of murdering at least 120 civilians and falsely saying they were fighters. A Colombian court has accused 10 members of the military and a civilian of forcibly disappearing 24 people and murdering at least 120 civilians and falsely presenting them as fighters who had been killed in combat. Today from the Bogota bureau: …

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Colombia’s ex-FARC leaders admit kidnapping and other crimes
3 years, 7 months ago

Colombia’s ex-FARC leaders admit kidnapping and other crimes

Al Jazeera  

In court, an ex-commander of the defunct rebel group formally admits that kidnappings were official FARC policy. Bogota, Colombia — Eight ex-commanders of Colombia’s now-defunct rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, have formally admitted to accusations of kidnappings as a policy within their ranks and other crimes against humanity in a transitional justice court on Friday. The ex-leaders …

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Colombian army committed 6,400 extrajudicial killings: Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Colombian army committed 6,400 extrajudicial killings: Court

Al Jazeera  

Killings allegedly presented as combat deaths to boost perception of military gains in conflict against FARC rebels. Colombia’s military carried out at least 6,400 extrajudicial killings and presented them as combat deaths between 2002 and 2008, a number that is at least three times higher than previously estimated, a special court has said. On Thursday, the tribunal, which was set …

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Colombia court charges former FARC commanders with war crimes
3 years, 10 months ago

Colombia court charges former FARC commanders with war crimes

Al Jazeera  

Trubunal unveils first criminal charges against former FARC fighters since the 2016 peace deal. Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace on Thursday accused eight former commanders of the demobilised FARC fighters of war crimes and crimes against humanity for taking hostages during the country’s internal armed conflict. The former commanders are also charged with other war crimes connected with the treatment …

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