‘Day of triumph’: Journalist Bedoya after court finds Colombia responsible for her rape, torture
23 October 2021 |
2:29 pm
"It's a day of triumph," says Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya, hailing the decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which ruled that the Colombian State was responsible for her kidnapping, rape and torture at the hands of paramilitaries in 2000.
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