Posted by Hannah Stone | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Colombian investigative website Verdad Abierta says that 2010 is the most violent year since the demobilization of the paramilitaries in 2006, due to the rise of emerging criminal groups. Summarizing information released by NGOs...
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Relatives of hostages that the FARC have announced to free call on the Colombian government to accede to the rebels’ conditions for the release, reports ABC. The guerrilla group said Wednesday in a statement published by...
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The School of Peace at Barcelona’s Autonomous University wrote an open letter to Colombian guerrilla group the ELN asking the rebels to begin peace talks with the government, El Tiempo reports. “The current...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Stone | Dec 7, 2010 | News
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that Colombia should use alternative, cheaper methods to identify bodies other than DNA testing, reports Terra. “Colombian law is very clear in this sense, although...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Stone | Dec 3, 2010 | News
The parties to the Mine Ban Treaty on Friday granted Colombia’s request for ten more years to remove anti-personnel landmines from its territory. Rosa Irene Rubio, interim director of the country’s mine action...
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