Tag: <span>human rights</span>
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June 10, 2010 > Staff
Colombian Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega Sentenced To 30 Years For Forced Disappearances
Today in Latin America Top Story — Colombian Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, after being convicted of the forced disappearance of 11 […] Read More >
February 14, 2010 > James Rodriguez
Photo Essay: Forensic Anthropologists Exhume Possible Mass Grave Outside Villalobos, Guatemala
VILLALOBOS, Guatemala — Guided by witness testimony, the Association of Family Members of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA in Spanish) and the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG in Spanish), […] Read More >
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February 4, 2010 > Staff
New Paramilitary Groups On The Rise In Colombia
Today in Latin America Top Story — Paramilitary successor groups in Colombia have become a major threat to Colombia’s economy and human rights record, according to a report issued by […] Read More >