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UN clashes with Colombia over cop who killed peaceful protester
by Adriaan Alsema December 23, 2019
The United Nations has questioned a court decision to let the country’s notoriously ineffective military justice system prosecute a cop who admitted killing a peaceful protester.
According to the UN’s ‘human rights office in Colombia, the military justice system “is not the competent jurisdiction to investigate and, where appropriate, judge and punish the authors of alleged human rights violations.”
“This is established by international standards of the protection of human rights,” the UN’s human rights office said on Twitter.
Cop’s lawyer belittles victim’s family
The family of the victim, 18-year-old Dilan Cruz, also are said to be in disagreement with the court decision to prosecute Police Captain Manuel Cubillos, who admitted shooting the victim in the head, before the military justice system.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/un-clashes-with-colombia-over-cop-who-admittedly-killed-peaceful-protester/
