Colombia found responsible for 2000 kidnap and torture of journalist

Inter-American court of human rights rules Colombia was internationally responsible' for violation of Jineth Bedoya's rights

The Colombian state has been found responsible for the kidnap, torture and rape of a prominent journalist who was abducted while reporting on her country's civil war, in a landmark ruling from the inter-American court of human rights.

Jineth Bedoya, who has been pursuing justice for over 21 years and now campaigns against sexual violence, was recognised by the court on Monday as having suffered grave verbal, physical and sexual aggressions" for which the state was responsible. Before now, only three of her attackers had faced justice, receiving sentences in Colombian courts in 2019.