Friends,
 The fruit of years of research and documentation, The Rise and Fall of “False Positive” Killings in Colombia: The Role of U.S. Military Assistance, 2000-2010 takes on the evidence for how U.S. aid to the Colombian Army impacted over 5,700 homicides of civilians by soldiers. Did this aid lead to a human rights success or a disaster? And how would we know?
John Lindsay-Poland of the Fellowship of Reconciliation has worked intensively for the past 16 months to prepare this landmark report. Next week in Washington, you are invited to two special events at which the report will be nationally launched by FOR in partnership with key ally organizations who have helped bring this exhaustive research to the public. John will be joined by Rosa Liliana Ortiz, coordinator of the South Colombian Human Rights Observatory. You are also invited to a special FOR reception with John and Rosa.
Wed., May 7 at 12:00 noon
Presentation of the "False Killings" Report
Open Society Foundations
1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
A simple lunch will be provided.
RSVP required to James Kennedy
Sponsored by Open Society Foundations, FOR, Latin America Working Group, Colombia Human Rights Committee
Thur., May 8 at 5:30 PM
Reception with John Lindsay-Poland and Rosa Liliana Ortiz
Haydee's Restaurant
3102 Mt. Pleasant Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
Hors d'oevres will be served; cash bar.
RSVP requested to John Lindsay-Poland.
Thur., May 8 at 7:00 PM
"Voices and Silences": Presentation of the Report
La Casa
3166 Mt. Pleasant Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
For more info, call School of the Americas Watch at 202-234-3440.
Sponsored by FOR, SOA Watch, Latin America Working Group, Colombia Human Rights Committee
 At both presentations, John Lindsay-Poland will discuss the report's findings and what they mean for the annual $25 billion in global U.S. military and police aid. Human rights defender Rosa Liliana Ortiz will give testimony of Colombian Army killings in Huila in southern Colombia under the command of a general who received extensive U.S. training and now heads Colombia’s Army.
Please join us to learn from this important and provocative new report and to join in dialogue about ways forward.
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