Bogota, Dec 14 (EFE).- Colombian Foreign Minister and Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez on Tuesday sent a letter to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights representative in Colombia, Juliette de Rivero, expressing her discontent with the diplomat’s remarks in presenting an independent report on the actions of the police in …
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At least 10 military junta troops were killed and around 20 critically wounded in five clashes over the last two days in Myanmar’s Chin state, militia groups said Thursday, while tens of thousands of civilians have fled and are living in dire conditions as fighting has intensified in the region.
Four of the engagements took place in Chin’s Hakha township, killing and injuring regime soldiers, a Hakha-based Chin-land Defense Force (CDF) spokesman told RFA’s Myanmar Service.
The first occurred when CDF forces entered Lot Klone village on May 18 and were fired on by the junta troops, while the second took place the following morning, when a CDF unit ambushed soldiers on Matupi Road, killing seven, he said.
Heavy-Handed Riot Police Bring Wave of Criticism on Colombia
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(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
U.S. House Foreign Affairs chair Gregory Meeks, a Democrat, expressed concern over âexcessive use of forceâ, and warned that the so-called Leahy Law bars the U.S. from supporting security forces involved in severe human rights violations.
The U.N. Office for Human Rights said in a statement that it was âdeeply alarmedâ by police opening fire on demonstrators in Cali, Colombiaâs third-largest city, on Monday night.