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Did the Supreme Court lost its mind?
The announcement made by the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the filing of a penal complaint against the journalist Cecilia Orozco because of an opinion column is a dangerous way of censorship and a serious attempt agains liberty of speech.
Read MoreIs the Ombudsman’s Office born again?
After nine years of a mute and resigned Omnudsman, it is expected from his successor to have more voice, more independence and more control over the 1400 public officials and a budget of 233 thousand millions of pesos that integrate this office.
Read MoreSome questions for the colombian government
The colombian government has sustained an ambiguos position regarding the reform process of the Interamerican commission of Human RIghts.
Read MoreAssange bound
The extreme openness of Wikileaks produces, no question, truths and sympathies. Who doesn’t want to know the content a box full of the secrets of the powerful and support he who enlightens us? However it also calls into questions, dislikes and persecutions. To avoid ending up naked, many want to bound Assange and, in doing so, they also want to know the methods and sources of this modern Prometheus that has provoked the rage of the gods by stealing their fire and giving it to the humans.
Read MoreA women for the Ombudsman Office
Today the House of Representatives faces the historical opportunity of electing the first female Ombudsman, after 20 years of masculin domain.
Read MoreInternally displaced population, debts and restitution
Beyond the relief of debts, the displaced population requires complementary measures that guarantee the effective and integral restitution of their lands.
Read MoreDid he smoke it up?
Mayor’s Petro proposal of creating centers for the controlled consume of ilegal drugs is worth assessing and should be debated calmly since it is well guided, even though it wasn’t well presented.
Read MoreIndigenous and military bases: the untold
Commotion was caused by the order of the Constitutional Court that commanded the Ministry of Defense to restitute 6 hectares to the jiw people, that wanders in a state of displacement in its territory, between Meta and Guaviare, sorting by turns Farc’s leag-breaking-mines and the Army’s munition that never exploted.
Read More¿Will Santos continue to break the quota act?
This government has broken the quota act (Ley 581 del 2000) repeatedly. Since its beginnings, Santos confessed that he “isn’t friends” with these measures because he considers that they go against the merits of women who, according to him, have won their space in society. .
Read MoreFreedom of expression and criminal law
The Prosecutor’s criminal complaint against Piedad Cordoba for her speech in Miranda and the mayor Petro’s threat to denounce Noticias Uno for economic panic, due to the dissemination of a report on water pollution in Bogota, show the low esteem of many Colombian officials for freedom of expression, as was well showed by La Silla Vacía.
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