Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Colombian government apologises to journalist who was tortured, raped” – below is their description.
The Colombian government has apologised to Jineth Bedoya, a journalist who was kidnapped, tortured and raped while reporting on the country’s civil war in 2000 in international hearings at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
But Bedoya says the government apology is inadequate given the impunity in Colombia’s courts and the continuing violence against women and journalists in the country.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Bogotá, the country’s largest city. With over 50 million inhabitants Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world. The Republic of Colombia was declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
Colombia’s territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, and it is the only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific.