Colombia, Red Cross and Minister of Defense sign agreement

Posted on February 1, 2011 • Filed under: Colombia, Human Rights Latin America, Police/Military Activity, Politics

On 28 January the Colombian Minister of Defence, Rodrigo Rivera, and the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bogotá, Christophe Beney, signed a security agreement governing the pending release of five persons being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP). The FARC-EP announced their intention to release the five in December 2010. Read Article

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