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2 Min Read BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former commanders from Colombia’s demobilized FARC guerrillas on Thursday accepted accusations by a transitional justice court that they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the group’s 50-year war with the state. FILE PHOTO: Carlos Antonio Lozada, Rodrigo Londono, Pastor Alape and Rodrigo Granda, former commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and now members of the political party Revolutionary Alternative Common Force (FARC) attend a news conference at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal in Bogota, Colombia September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/ The ruling in January by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), created under the 2016 peace deal between the government and the rebels, was the first time the JEP attributed criminal responsibility for hostage-taking to former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). ....
BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionA woman holds a T-shirt reading Victim of the Farc during a protest in Bogota in 2018 A special court in Colombia has charged eight commanders of the former Farc rebel group with war crimes during the country s decades-long armed conflict. They are accused of kidnapping thousands of people, and torturing and killing some of them. It is the first major result for the court set up after the 2016 peace deal between the government and the Farc. The group used kidnappings to fund its war against the state and to push for the release of its own personnel. ....
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Full article The former commanders were accused of other war crimes connected with the treatment of kidnap victims, including murder and torture, among others. During the 50-year war with the state, the demobilized Colombian FARC guerrillas committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, former commanders from the group accepted on Thursday in a transitional justice court. The ruling in January by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) was the first time the JEP attributed criminal responsibility for hostage-taking to former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former commanders were also accused of other war crimes connected with the treatment of kidnap victims, including murder and torture, among others. ....
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former commanders from Colombia's demobilized FARC guerrillas on Thursday accepted accusations by a transitional justice court that they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the group's 50-year war with the state. ....