Colombia sentenced for exterminating political party
Colombia’s State is responsible for the extermination of the leftist Patriotic Union (UP) party that began in 1984, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) ruled Monday after a 28-year…
Colombia’s State is responsible for the extermination of the leftist Patriotic Union (UP) party that began in 1984, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) ruled Monday after a 28-year…
Attempts to exterminate Colombia’s Patriotic Union (UP) party cost the lives of more than 5,700 people, according to the war crimes tribunal. The latest number of victims of the political…
Colombia’s late president Virgilio Barco personally approved the extermination of thousands of leftist political leaders and activists in 1986, according to local media. A source involved in the high-level plot…
The offices of leftist parties were attacked in Bogota on Friday, two weeks before Colombia’s local elections. The office of the FARC, the political party of demobilized guerrillas, and the…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Monday opened a case to investigate the virtual extermination of the leftist political party Patriotic Union (UP) by paramilitary groups and state forces, which began in…
Colombia’s government and military forces will have to pay a fine after being convicted for the attempted “extermination” of the communist Patriotic Union (UP) party. The most recent homicides taken…
The leader of of leftist political party Patriotic Union (UP) on Thursday claimed she had been threatened by paramilitary group AGC, which immediately rejected the claim. A pamphlet signed by…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating 15 former state security officials for the 1990 assassination of the presidential candidate they were supposed to protect. The 15 former bodyguards of now-defunct intelligence agency DAS allegedly helped…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday acknowledged the state’s responsibility in the killing of thousands of members of a leftist political party three decades ago and pledged to prevent…