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ABColombia is the advocacy project of a group of five leading UK and Irish organisations with programmes in Colombia: CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF and Trócaire. Amnesty International and PBI are observers. More
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ABColombia partners victim of false accusations
ABColombia was extremely concerned upon reading a letter by the Muriel Mining Corporation (MMC) in response to a submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The submission, by the Colombia Solidarity Campaign, raised concerns of the impact of the Mandé Norte/Murindó mining exploration project on indigenous Embera and Afro-Colombian communities in Chocó and Antioquia.
MMC’s letter includes both false and inaccurate information regarding the work of the Colombian NGO Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace (CIJP) and the international NGO Peace Brigades International (PBI). ABColombia rejects both insinuations and defamations given the apparent aim to stigmatise PBI and the CIJP despite their legal and legitimate work. Read all related text on the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s website.
Coparte de ABColombia victima de acusaciones falsas
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Preliminary findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions following his Mission to Colombia 8-18 June 2009.
Philip Alston found that the Soacha killings were just the tip of the iceberg and a significant number of military units were involved in extrajudicial killings. Though he found no evidence to suggest that unlawful killings of civilians by the Colombian security forces were carried out as a matter of official Government policy, he noted that the Colombian government explanation that responsibility for the killings lies with a few ‘bad apples’ within the security forces is not sustainable. Evidence suggested that the killings “were carried out in a more or less systematic fashion by significant elements within the military". One of the recommendations mentioned in his preliminary findings was that “all forms of incentives to members of the military for killing should be removed.”
The full report will be published in 4 - 5 months. Read the full Press Release
Extrajudicial Executions Continue to Cause Concern
ABColombia, its partners and civil society organisations in Colombia continue to raise concerns over reports of extrajudicial executions (EJEs) carried out by the armed forces. more