185 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the serious criticisms by Colombia and by international human rights organisations of the Irish Government’s financial and moral support of the demobilisation process of the right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these paramilitaries continue to kill and abuse innocent Colombian citizens while continuing to be major players in the cocaine trade; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that national and international NGOs within Colombia consider the Irish Government is legitimising armed groups who have carried out the majority of the massacres in Colombia over the past 20 years and who are now being offered an amnesty from prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31210/05]

Summary

185 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the serious criticisms by Colombia and by international human rights organisations of the Irish Government’s financial and moral support of the demobilisation process of the right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these paramilitaries continue to kill and abuse innocent Colombian citizens while continuing to be major players in the cocaine trade; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that national and international NGOs within Colombia consider the Irish Government is legitimising armed groups who have carried out the majority of the massacres in Colombia over the past 20 years and who are now being offered an amnesty from prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31210/05]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Human Rights Issues.

  xml · EN · 27 October 2005

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.