#Colombia to pay #reparations

#iachr concludes state allowed extermination of #PatrioticUnion #unionpatriotica party members in 1980s

The #UP was a political party created out of a peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces #FARC_EP guerrillas in 1985 but 6,000 of its members were wiped out by #rightwing #paramilitaries, #narcos & the #Colombian military.

Oddly, took country's 1st centre-left govt to achieve #gustavopetro #justica

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/colombia-reparations-systemic-violence-leftwing-patriotic-union

Colombia to pay reparations for role in extermination of leftwing party

Inter-American Court of Human Rights concludes state allowed extermination of 6,000 Patriotic Union party members in 1980s

The Guardian