[act-ma] 11/15 MARTHA VILLANO - "Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia: Not in Our Name!"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
11:00am

MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO
"Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia: Not in Our Name!"

Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military
and police aid to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights
record, thousands of civilians are being killed by this U.S.-funded
military. Further, Colombian human rights groups report a 68% increase in
murders by the armed forces in a recent five-year period over the previous
five years. And the rate of such extrajudicial slaughter is still on the
rise! Setting human rights conditions on U.S. funding to the Colombian
military clearly has been ineffective in stemming these killings or bringing
those responsible to justice.

Ms. Giraldo Villano is the daughter of a small-scale farmer who was executed
by the National Army. She is active in the Victims of State Crimes Movement,
in which she works with other victims organizing to demand their right to
truth and reparation. She hopes to be able to expose the crimes of the
Colombian government by sharing with people the realities of the country,
the campesinos and the marginalized.

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565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
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"The Man Who Died and Went to Heaven"
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