IAHCR files case against Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

IAHCR files case against Colombia
Friday, 25 March 2011 13:57
Edward Fox

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) had filed a case against Colombia before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for failing to prosecute a journalist's attackers.

Colombian journalist Luis Gonzalo "Richard" Velez Restrepo was attacked by soldiers on August 29, 1996, while filming members of the army beat demonstrators at a protest march, according to a IACHR press release on Friday.

After the event, Velez and his family began receiving death threats which intensified further when Velez tried to promote the judicial process relating to the original attack.

Velez was eventually forced into exile after being the victim of a kidnap attempt on October 9, 1997.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/15151-iahcr-files-case-against-colombia.html