The Last Guerrillas

Our troops were constantly harassed by the guerrillas.

Lots of these Red guerrillas dress like women, huh?

The northern guerrillas set fire to a village in the south.

In May 1992, she was once again forced by the guerrillas to accompany them after a shoot out between a unit of the Peruvian army and the guerrillas, she again escaped.

Charles Hanley, Increasingly guerrillas financed by drugs , Toronto Star, 29 December 1994, p. A10.

It was stressed that abuses were committed not only by Governments, and rebels guerrillas should also be held accountable.

The guerrillas reportedly launched a wave of attacks in Dili, and in the towns of Baucau, Ermera and Los Palos.

Moreover, the communities are suffering from the war between the guerrillas and the army, although they are alien to the conflict.

19. On 30 April 1997, five East Timorese were arrested in the hamlet of Metagou on charges of having contact with guerrillas.

One soldier allegedly took off his belt and beat her on the back, while they were questioning her regarding the whereabouts of the guerrillas.

In March 1992, his granddaughter, then 16 years old, was abducted by unknown armed men, presumably guerrillas of the Shining Path movement (Sendiero Luminoso).

Two and a half per cent of the cases were attributed to guerrillas and 1.3 per cent to members of the public security forces.

This opportunity must not be wasted. But, given that the guerrillas have thwarted Colombians hopes in the past, we are approaching the negotiations with cautious optimism.

He continues to be concerned about violations of the right to life committed by Turkish security forces against civilians in the attempt to fight the PKK guerrillas.

Mateus Gomes, a teacher in Loimea village in Atsabe, reportedly arrested on 25 December 1996 by members of the Rajawali battalion, accused of having provided food to guerrillas.

On 6 June 1997, press reports indicated that at least 36 persons were killed following a series of attacks and violence which were blamed on pro independence guerrillas.

She was amazed that none of the passages on Colombia in the report mentioned acts committed by the guerrillas, and she invited the Special Rapporteur to visit the country.

Colombia, which suffered greatly from the evil alliance between drug traffickers and guerrillas, had worked aggressively to counter drug production and insurgency by combining interdiction efforts with sustainable livelihood schemes.

She allegedly had confessed her participation in an armed attack on a military patrol in Parán on 6 May 1992 and pointed out where the guerrillas had hidden arms and ammunition.

18. On 26 March 1997, a joint team of the Indonesian special forces, Kopassus, and the youth militia, Gardapaksi, arrested Vicente da Costa on suspicion of having contact with the guerrillas.

TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region.

To outsiders, the region is virtually synonymous with political polarization. Fatigue clad guerrillas, charismatic populists, and reactionary military junta leaders have long cut much larger figures than moderate politicians in boring gray suits.

97. Jairo Garavito Tirado, an under age peasant, was said to have been arrested on 11 May 1995 in Betulia, Santander, by members of a paramilitary group, accused of cooperating with the guerrillas.

Although the law was not clear in determining the activities of these organizations, they were officially pictured as engaged in intelligence work in armed conflict zones, helping the army to combat the guerrillas.

Santos probably wanted to have the talks viewed as a relatively unconditional surrender and disarmament by the narco guerrillas. He would have wanted to avoid the grandstanding and propaganda generally associated with public negotiations.

Serious concern was expressed that in the conflict between the Government and the PKK, civilians not directly involved in the combat were becoming targets of both the Turkish security forces and the PKK guerrillas.

53. The vast majority of the 3,461 reported cases of disappearance in Argentina occurred between 1975 and 1978 under the military Government, in the context of its campaign against left wing guerrillas and their sympathizers.

But East Timorese civilians and non combatants need protection from human rights violations by the Indonesian army, and instead of taking steps to prevent abuses, Indonesian officers uniformly put the blame on guerrillas and their supporters.

The importance of delivering laptops to this region is connecting kids who have otherwise been unconnected because of the FARC, the guerrillas that started off 40 years ago as a political movement and then became a drug movement.

Thousands of lives are lost every year as a result of various acts of violence, especially in the context of the armed conflict between the Government and the guerrillas, as well as by the action of paramilitary groups.

Thousands of lives are lost every year as a result of various acts of violence, especially in the context of the armed conflict between the Government and the guerrillas, as well as by the action of paramilitary groups.

It takes note of the establishment of a human rights unit in the Office of the National Prosecutor with competence to investigate and indict State agents, guerrillas and members of paramilitary groups responsible for violations of human rights or humanitarian law.

It takes note of the establishment of a human rights unit in the Office of the National Prosecutor with competence to investigate and indict State agents, guerrillas and members of paramilitary groups responsible for violations of human rights or humanitarian law.

Moreover, Mockus s sensitivity towards human rights concerns distinguishes him from Uribe, who leaves behind a deplorable legacy in this regard. Obviously the FARC guerrillas  much diminished by Uribe, but still violently opposed to Colombian democracy remain a source of concern for many Colombians.

Moreover, Mockus s sensitivity towards human rights concerns distinguishes him from Uribe, who leaves behind a deplorable legacy in this regard. Obviously the FARC guerrillas much diminished by Uribe, but still violently opposed to Colombian democracy remain a source of concern for many Colombians.

The murder of 11 provincial legislators held hostage by Colombia s FARC guerrillas is a reminder of that country s eternal agony. But strange to say, Colombia is in better shape today than it has been for years, thanks largely to President Alvaro Uribe s leadership.

Civilians have become the main victims of a strategy aimed at undermining the guerrillas, which has resulted in forced labor, the use of human minesweepers, and massive relocations of entire villages. There are now an estimated 600,000 to one million internal refugees.

Another case concerns a person who was allegedly detained in February 1995 in the vicinity of Puerto Ayacucho, State of Amazonas, by members of the Navy Infantry, following incidents in which eight Venezuelan soldiers were reportedly ambushed and killed by Colombian guerrillas.

Kadyrov was able to create a strong force that could fight the guerrillas, basically on its own. Kadyrov s efforts can also be credited with ending major terrorist attacks in Russia s heartland, such as those that occurred in Moscow in 2002 and in Beslan in 2004.

Nicaragua s dictator, Anastasio Somoza, diverted much of the international assistance meant for the survivors into his own pockets and those of his cronies. In the process, he incited popular support for the left wing Sandinista guerrillas who toppled his government later in the decade.

The other two conceivably relevant countries Colombia and Chile refuse to get involved for different reasons. Colombia needs President Nicolás Maduro s cooperation to sustain negotiations with the FARC guerrillas the new Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, has always had a soft spot for Chavismo and its antics.

Child soldiers still linger in paramilitary groups, and there are compromising video recordings of leading Colombian politicians and drug lords. Perhaps weirdest of all, there are imprisoned guerrillas who refuse to be set free, and a government that insists on liberating them, even against their will.

She returned six days later and told the author that the guerrillas had threatened to kill her if she refused to join them and that she was forced to carry their baggage and to cook for them, but that she had finally been able to escape.

This momentous shift reflects the decimation of the FARC following long years of struggle, the resilience of Colombian society, and, perhaps most important, Santos s brilliant regional policy. By weakening the so called Bolivarian Axis (Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia), the FARC guerrillas were left without a supportive regional environment.