The judge in the trial of three Irishmen accused of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics does not expect to make a ruling before February.
The Colombian judiciary has been criticised for the slow pace of the trial. Mr James Monaghan, Mr Martin McCauley and Mr Niall Connolly were arrested in August 2001.
Ms Caitríona Ruane spokeperson for the Bring Them Home Campaign has condemned the delay saying, "these men have just spent their third Christmas in jail, tomorrow night they will spend their third New Year's Eve in a Colombian Jail. Justice delayed is justice denied. What is happening here is wrong."
Ms Ruane said she would call on the Government to use the Presidency of the European Union to protect the rights of European Citizens.
"I have informed the Irish Government of this latest delay and called on them to use the European Presidency to ensure justice for Jim, Martin and Niall, three Irish and European Citizens." Ms Ruane said.
"It is contemptuous the way the Colombian Authorities have treated these men, the International observers and the Irish Government," Ms Ruane added.
The three defendants were arrested in Bogota's airport after they flew out of a sanctuary of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the jungles of southern Colombia.
During their trial, which stretched for nine months, the defendants were portrayed by prosecutors as dangerous men who trained the FARC rebels.
Defence lawyers insist their clients only wanted to observe Colombia's now-defunct peace process.
The judge handling the case is one of only nine judges in Bogota who specialise in terrorism, kidnapping and drug trafficking cases.
The men are charged with training terrorists and travelling to Colombia on false identities and passports. Terrorism charges carry between eight and 14 years in prison, and false identity between two and eight years.
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