Human rights groups slate Colombia’s new Peace and Justice Law
Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe’s record at curbing the bloodshed caused by crossfire between the country’s left-wing guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries was key to his re-election in May. But in seeking to complete a demobilisation of paramilitaries that was agreed earlier in the year, President Uribe, a former lawyer, has passed a law seen by many […]