Colombia's human rights abusers must not be protected from justice

Friday 11 June 2010 The Colombian government must not protect military officers from prosecution for human rights violations, Amnesty International has said. The Colombian government must not protect military officers from prosecution for human rights violations, Amnesty International said today. President Álvaro Uribe and the military high command on Thursday called for the armed forces to be protected from civil prosecution, following Wednesday’s sentencing by a civilian judge of retired colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega for the disappearance of 11 people during the 1985 Palace of Justice siege…

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