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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8277

15 August 2002
(eu) eu/colombia
Amnesty International asks the EU to put pressure on President Uribe to dismantle paramilitary organisations

Brussels, 14/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Amnesty International has appealed to the European Union to bring pressure to bear on the new President of Colombia. In a letter addressed to the Danish Presidency, the NGO insists on the need to dismantle paramilitary organisations, to end their impunity and to guarantee the security of human rights activists and other vulnerable sectors of the civilian population. Amnesty International expressed concern that the measures under consideration by the new...