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Colombian state responsible for ‘extermination’ of UP political party: Inter-American Court
A new ruling has reaffirmed the state’s role in atrocities committed against civil society during the armed conflict, reports JUSTICE FOR COLOMBIA
Patriotic Union (UP) party members
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FOR more than two decades, the Colombian state participated in intense human rights abuses against the left-wing Patriotic Union (UP) party in a campaign of “extermination,” a landmark ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has declared.
From 1984, more than 6,000 UP activists, members and supporters were targeted.
The ruling reaffirms the state’s role in atrocities committed against civil society during the armed conflict.
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