447. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that around 1,000 Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionarias de Colombia, FARC, prisoners being held in 15 different prisons across Colombia have gone on hunger strike to demand an improvement in their conditions, particularly with regard to health care; that human rights organisations have long documented the cruel treatment to which FARC prisoners are subjected once they are captured; that the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that prison authorities must protect the basic rights of the prisoners but that, as yet, these rulings have not been met with a positive response; and if he will raise the issue with Colombian authorities. [41721/15]

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447. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that around 1,000 Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionarias de Colombia, FARC, prisoners being held in 15 different prisons across Colombia have gone on hunger strike to demand an improvement in their conditions, particularly with regard to health care; that human rights organisations have long documented the cruel treatment to which FARC prisoners are subjected once they are captured; that the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that prison authorities must protect the basic rights of the prisoners but that, as yet, these rulings have not been met with a positive response; and if he will raise the issue with Colombian authorities. [41721/15]

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