BBC (Tuesday): Argentine amnesty laws scrapped

[Jack Rabbit]

Breaking news from the BBC Online
Dated Tuesday June 14 15:59 GMT (8:59 am PDT)

Argentine amnesty laws scrapped

Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that amnesty laws protecting former military officers are unconstitutional.

The ruling clears the way for prosecutions of officials suspected of human rights abuses during military rule between 1976 and 1983.

The court upheld a decision by the Argentine Congress in August 2003 to scrap the amnesty laws.

Civil liberties groups say about 30,000 people were killed or went missing under the former dictatorship.

The link will update as more details come to the BBC.

Warning to the Frat Boy and neoconservative thugs: any impunity any tyrant thinks he has is an illusion. You will answer for your crimes.

[Judi Lynn]

1. God bless Argentina!

From Jack Rabbit's wonderful article:

The Supreme Court voted by seven to one, with one abstention, to strike down two amnesty laws which had been in effect since 1986.

The legislation forbade the prosecution of military officers suspected of atrocities in the so-called Dirty War - a campaign waged by Argentina's military rulers against left-wing opponents.

The campaign ended with the country's return to civilian rule in October 1983.

About 3,000 military officers - about 300 of whom still serve in the armed forces - could be accused, the Associated Press news agency reported.
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May this same spirit of moral responsibility FINALLY find a home in our country.

[bemildred]

2. Yippee! Let's see these terrorists in court. nt