Saturday, August 21, 2010

Report: Military Assistance and Human Rights: Colombia, U.S. Accountability, and Global Implications http://alainet.org/active/40272&lang=es

U.S. military aid flowing to Colombia is having a direct, negative effect on the human rights of Colombians. Though the “Leahy Law” prohibits aid to military units that have committed gross violations, the United States continues to support such units in Colombia. Worse, areas where Colombian army units received the largest increases in U.S. assistance reported increased extrajudicial killings on average.

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