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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS June 25, 2015 Follow us on:

Colombia's Top Brass Linked to Extrajudicial Executions Photocopy of a photograph of the dead bodies of two victims of alleged false positive killings committed in Meta department in 2004, with army troops in the background. The photograph was taken when authorities inspected the scene. The photocopy, with markings drawn by a witness, comes from the Attorney General's Office's criminal case file. Extensive previously unpublished evidence implicates many Colombian army generals and colonels in widespread and systematic extrajudicial killings of civilians between 2002 and 2008. The 95-page report, "On Their Watch," presents evidence strongly suggesting that numerous generals and colonels knew or should have known about "false positive" killings, and may have ordered or otherwise actively furthered them. Prosecutors are investigating at least 3,000 of these cases, in which army troops under pressure to boost body counts in their war against armed guerrilla groups killed civilians and reported them as combat fatalities. Hundreds of lower-ranking soldiers have been convicted, but just a handful of colonels and no generals. Read more » share on:

Thailand/Burma: Sea Nomads Vulnerable to Abuse Far from the idyllic image that tourism promotes of the Moken people, these sea nomads face increasing restrictions and attacks at sea, and systematic discrimination on land. By effectively denying them citizenship, the Thai and Burmese governments make the Moken easy targets for exploitation and other threats to their very existence.  See the Latest News in Asia »  share on:

EU: Rights Abuses at Home Drive Mediterranean Crisis The majority of those crossing the Mediterranean are taking terrible risks because they have to, not because they want to. Saving lives and increasing safe pathways into Europe should be the EU's priorities, while ensuring that all cooperation with countries of origin and transit countries respects international human rights standards.  See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >>  share on:

World Bank Group: Project Critics Threatened, Harassed, Jailed  The World Bank has long said that public participation and accountability are key to the success of the development efforts it funds. But the World Bank's repeated failure to confront intimidation or harassment of people who criticize its projects risks making a mockery out of these principles.  Read more »  share on:

VIDEO     In Cambodia, cracking down on a community that opposed a World Bank project.  View Now » MAP       This interactive map shows migration routes used to reach the European Union.  See Now » TWEET of the WEEK Egypt's imprisonment of journalists is at an all-time high http://bit.ly/1fFP72G via @pressfreedom.  Follow Jan Kooy »

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