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Just in case, senators taking Colombia's security forces to court swear they won't commit suicide
by Adriaan Alsema December 13, 2019
Senator Gustavo Bolivar (Facebook)
Five senators of Colombia’s opposition filed criminal charges against the security forces said Thursday they are not contemplating suicide, just in case.
Opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar recorded himself and four of his colleagues in case something happens to them while taking the National Police and the National Army to court.
The senators filed the charges over, among other alleged abuses, the security forces’ violent repression of ongoing peaceful anti-government protests, the apparent kidnapping of three students, and the murders of a student, a demobilized FARC member and a native Colombian.
Additionally, the senators plan to take these cases to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Holland.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/just-in-case-senators-taking-colombias-security-forces-to-court-swear-they-wont-commit-suicide/
