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Colombia Rejects U.S. Human
Rights Report
BOGOTA - Colombia rejected an annual human
rights report of the U.S. State Department,
saying criticisms against the South American
country were based on false information.
The U.S. human rights report, which said
there remain significant human rights abuses
in Colombia, is based on false information
and is manipulated, said Vice President
Francisco Santos on Saturday.
The report is hypocritical and exposes the
U.S. double standards on the human rights,
said Santos in a meeting with President
Alvaro Uribe.
The U.S. report issued on Thursday listed
official corruption among other cases of
human rights abuses.
It also mentioned multiple violations of
human rights in the country's 45-year-long
internal conflict involving government
forces, terrorist groups other illegal armed
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