'Members of the military who cooperate with Colombia's war crimes tribunal receive no protection, de
‘Members of the military who cooperate with Colombia’s war crimes tribunal receive no protection, despite threats’
by Adriaan Alsema May 28, 2019
Colombia’s security forces are allegedly intimidating and threatening members who try to talk to media or the country’s war crimes tribunal about military war crimes.
Last week, local media and Human Rights Watch warned that top commanders were summoned to attend a meeting in what has been called a “witch hunt” for the whistleblowers who alerted media about orders to double the army’s number of combat kills and captures.
On Sunday, influential Semana columnist Maria Jimena Duzan said that members of the security forces who have submitted to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) have received death threats. One member of the military survived an assassination attempt, according to Duzan.
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Far-right supporters of Duque and his political patron, former President Alvaro Uribe, have even threatened to extradite members of the military, according to think tank Fundacion Paz y Reconciliacion.
This would make it virtually impossible for the soldiers and commanders to tell the truth about war crimes without fear of getting murdered or extradited.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/members-of-the-military-who-cooperate-with-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-receive-no-protection-despite-threats/
Didn't expect things to get so bad so fast. This is shocking.
