HRW bashes Colombia for hindering justice over 4000 military killings
HRW bashes Colombia for hindering justice over 4000 military killings
Jan 31, 2015 posted by Rebecca Florey
Human Rights Watch (HRW) fiercely criticized Colombia’s government for promoting legislation “that would undercut accountability for unlawful killings of civilians by the military, including so-called false positive killings.”
False positive killings are extrajudicial executions of innocent civilians who were presented as combat kills after being dressed up as guerrillas. Prosecutors have so far establish that 4,000 civilians were murdered.
According to the HRW annual report, the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos “continues to promote several bills that would undercut accountability for unlawful killings of civilians by the military, including so-called false positive killings.”
“The proposed legislation creates a serious risk that such cases will be transferred from the civilian to the military justice system, which lacks independence and has a very poor record investigating human rights violations,” the report said.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/hrw-bashes-colombia-hindering-justice-4000-military-killings/