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NEWS AND UPDATES

Colombian conscientious objector Diego Yesid Bosa Rico who has been illegally recruited on 23 February 2008, began a hunger strike in protest against his recruitment and treatment on 26 March 2008. He is also refusing to enter the dormitories. In response, the military offered him to do his military service in an office, without the need to take up arms. However, on the morning of 27 March 2008, they threatened him with five soldiers.

Update on Carlos Andres Hincapie and Frank Yair Estrada Marin Both have been recruited illegally are forced to perform their military service against their will, and the conscientious objection. 18 July 2007

Conscientious objector Carlos Andrés Giraldo Hincapié threatened and verbally abused in the military / fear of safety. 13 June 2007

Colombian conscientious objector Frank Yair Estrada Marin is still in the hands of the military more than one month after his illegal recruitment. 12 June 2007

Women Against Military Service
In addition the governmental initiative that contemplates the aspect of obligation [conscription] will have future implications on women who are heads of household, displaced, or single mothers who are mostly young given the high level of pregnancy that exists in Colombia.

Ademàs la iniciativa gubernamental que contempla el carácter de obligatoriedad tendrá futuras implicaciones sobre mujeres cabeza de familia, desplazadas o madres solteras que en su mayoría son jóvenes dada la alta tasas de embarazos que existe en Colombia. 25 April 2003