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Continued murders of activists and Farc members could derail Colombia's peace process
Protesters demand an increase of the nation's education budget in Bogota last Wednesday
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
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by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
IN AUGUST 2018, the Justice for Colombia Peace Monitor took a delegation of British MPs, trade unionists and lawyers to Colombia to observe implementation of the peace agreement and the broader human rights situation in the country.
Less than two years earlier, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) signed an agreement to end more than 50 years of armed conflict that cost the lives of around 220,000 people and drove seven million from their homes.
The delegation met many people whose lives had been deeply affected by the conflict and the subsequent attempts to build a stable and lasting peace in the country. In Catatumbo in north-east Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, delegates met the ASCAMCAT social organisation to hear about the high levels of violence inflicted on local community leaders and human rights defenders. ASCAMCAT coordinator Olger Perez told them about the assassination attempt he had recently survived, just months after his brother Alvaro’s murder.
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