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Kidnappings in Colombia: FARC leaders acknowledge full responsibility
7 May 2021 By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, our correspondent in Colombia
In what has been the clearest result so far of Colombia’s transitional justice, last Friday, seven top leaders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces acknowledged their responsibility over thousands of kidnappings and asked for victims’ forgiveness. They also accepted that these amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Colombia: the ‘false positive’ number that sets off a political storm
9 March 2021By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, our correspondent in Colombia
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has published key findings, including an incomplete and stunning number of civilians murdered by the military and passed off as rebels killed in combat – the infamous “false positives”. Victims can feel vindicated for their long-held complaints. But former president Uribe – under whose watch false positives spiked and dropped – and his allies are calling it a witch hunt.
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A first in Colombia: eight FARCs charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity
2 February 2021By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, our correspondent in Colombia
Last Thursday, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace announced its first major decision, accusing eight top leaders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in what has been the clearest result so far for transitional justice in the country.
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