THE Government was yesterday urged to act after one of the judges who convicted three republicans of training Colombian rebels questioned the evidence on which the men were convicted.

The Colombian government was today urged to stop playing with the lives of three Irishmen acquitted this week of training Marxist rebels.

The trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas resumes today.

OBSERVERS from three continents are expected to attend the controversial trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC rebels in Colombia which is due to resume in the capital, Bogota, today.

Ministers were today urged to “stand up for Irish rights” by sending a legal observer to the Colombian trial of three Irish men accused of training left-wing rebels.

Campaigners for three Irishmen accused in Colombia of training Marxist Farc rebels have more video tapes casting doubt on the case against them, it was claimed today.

The Government is being asked to request the halting of the trial of three Irish men who are charged with training FARC rebels in Colombia.

The detention of three Irish men in Colombia, whose trial date has been set for October, has been described as nothing short of internment by remand.