Colombia

(asked on 24th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart supporting the requests for an investigation into the death of Thomas Rodriguez Cantillo, a SINTRAINAGRO trades union member killed on 9 May 2014.


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Lord Swire
This question was answered on 30th June 2014

I met representatives from six human rights organisations, including Oxfam and Christian Aid as well as Colombian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during my visit to Bogotá last week. I also met two Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs, heads of the Colombian Government's major human rights agencies and representatives of the Attorney-General's office. I set out HM Government concern about the reported rise in attacks against human rights defenders and a lack of sentences for those responsible.

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