It took court orders, but Colombia’s hard-right former President Alvaro Uribe has begun asking forgiveness to victims of war crimes and journalists after years of refusing to do so. Uribe’s most recent apology…
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These are the war crimes that implicate Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe to the extent they could land him in prison for life. While Uribe enjoys presidential immunity for alleged war crimes committed…
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With a transitional justice court being installed in Colombia, the country’s military attache in Washington DC’s alleged responsibility in the execution of 48 civilians could become an embarrassment for both countries.…
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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday inaugurated an historic Truth Commission that will investigate the victimization of civilians during the 52-year war between a multitude of actors, including the state.…
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Twenty-one former members of Colombia’s National Army were convicted to lengthy prison sentences for their role in executing civilians. The convicted military members offered non-existent job to five jobless boys and men from Soacha.…
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Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved a transitional justice system that will try war crimes committed during Colombia’s 53-year-old armed conflict. The bill had already been approved, but one of the…
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Colombia’s House of Representatives will try to repeat a vote on a transitional war crimes tribunal on Tuesday after a previous vote was nullified because too few congressmen had shown up. The transitional…
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday published unsubstantiated accusations that Colombia’s transitional justice chief once was on the payroll of the now-defunct Cali Cartel. Uribe, whose late brother had a…
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Colombia transitional justice system ‘orders immediate release of military war criminals’
The transitional justice system in charge of trying war crimes committed during Colombia’s 53-year-long armed conflict has ordered the immediate release of 63 military war criminals. Among those whose immediate release…
The attorney who on behalf of victims has gathered evidence of the assassination of 6,000 civilians by Colombia’s military is fearing for his life after numerous death threats. Colombia Reports has…