Posted by Jacob Stringer | Dec 14, 2012 | News
An NGO has recorded everyone hit by “stray bullets” in Medellin, Colombia in 2012. A total of 39 people were shot unintentionally, with 20 people killed outright by bullets not fired at them and 19 further people...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Dec 13, 2012 | News
130 demobilized members of illegal armed groups have graduated from Medellin’s rehabilitation program to integrate back into Colombian society. Former paramilitaries and ex guerrillas, many from the groups FARC and AUC,...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Dec 13, 2012 | News
Demobilized paramilitaries, who are not fulfilling their obligations under the Justice and Peace Law, should lose their right to shorter sentences, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor General Thursday. The former members of...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Dec 13, 2012 | News
“Operation Bethlehem” will create beacons and paths of light to guide demobilizing FARC guerrillas out of the jungle, said the Colombian army’s ad agency Thursday. The operation, a joint effort with the...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Dec 12, 2012 | News
Human Rights Watch has slammed Colombia’s newly approved military justice reform as “a setback for human rights.” “The windows being opened to impunity are enormous,” Jose Miguel Vivanco, Latin...
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