Colombia's ambassador to the UK, Noemi Sanin, defended her country's human rights records in British newspaper The Guardian, after Members of the British Parliament "wholeheartedly" had welcomed the suspension of aid to Colombia's military in the same paper.
"Those MPs who signed your letter (7 May) travelled to Colombia as part of a delegation with the sole purpose of 'gathering information on human and labour rights abuses', as they are within every right to do so. However, they ignore the advances we have made in protecting life, promoting human rights, ensuring justice and fighting impunity," the ambassador wrote.
According to Sanin, Colombia "reduced homicides by 49%, kidnappings by 85%, the number of victims of massacres by 75% and displacement by 47%" through the Democratic Security policy of the current administration of Alvaro Uribe.
