Colombia: ICRC offers services following deaths of 11
assembly members held by FARC
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Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is saddened by the news, conveyed by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
de Colombia (FARC) in a statement dated 28 June, that 11 of the 12 members of the Assembly of the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca held in captivity since April 2002 met their deaths on 18 June
2007.
In keeping with its role as a neutral and independent humanitarian organization, the ICRC has offered its good offices to the parties concerned in order to allow the bereaved families to recover the bodies of their loved ones.
For further information, please contact:
Yves Heller, ICRC Bogotá, tel +57 1 313 86 30 or +57 1 311 4 91 07 89
Carlos Ríos, ICRC Bogotá, tel +57 1 311 4 91 07 75
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
In keeping with its role as a neutral and independent humanitarian organization, the ICRC has offered its good offices to the parties concerned in order to allow the bereaved families to recover the bodies of their loved ones.
For further information, please contact:
Yves Heller, ICRC Bogotá, tel +57 1 313 86 30 or +57 1 311 4 91 07 89
Carlos Ríos, ICRC Bogotá, tel +57 1 311 4 91 07 75
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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