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Unsafe Harbor: The GOP 'Compromise' on Detainee Treatment
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that the "compromise" between senior Republican lawmakers and the White House on the terms of military commission legislation governing detainee interrogation (More) |
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Argentina court sentences former police official to life for Dirty War crimes
Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz , former chief investigator of the Buenos Aires province police, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for his role during the Dirty War in Argentina . With the conviction, Etchecolatz becomes the second person to (More) |
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Uruguay indicts 8 for Operation Condor disappearances
Eight former police and military officers have been indicted by a Uruguayan court on counts of kidnapping and conspiracy committed during Uruguay's military dictatorship of 1973-85 . The crimes relate to the 1976 disappearances of five members (More) |
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Argentina judge rules 'Dirty War' pardon for junta leader unconstitutional
A federal judge in Argentina Tuesday ruled unconstitutional a presidential pardon extended to Jorge Rafael Videla , who prosecutors say led Argentina's military junta during the worst periods of the so-called "Dirty War" crackdown on (More) |
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Argentina ex-president testifies now-annulled 'Dirty War' amnesty laws needed
Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin has testified that amnesty laws preventing prosecution for human rights abuses during the so-called Dirty War of the late 1970s and early 80s helped to prevent rebellion during the transition from military (More) |
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Argentina police arrest 3 on 'Dirty War' rights charges
Police in Argentina have arrested three former officials suspected of human rights violations during the country's "Dirty War" , the former military junta's campaign against its domestic opponents - at least 13,000 of whom "d (More) |
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Argentina court hands down first 'Dirty War' sentence since amnesty laws scrapped
A court in Argentina has convicted a former police officer of human rights violations during the country's so-called "Dirty War" , handing down the first sentence since the Argentine Supreme Court threw out the country's amnesty (More) |
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Argentina begins first Dirty War trial in 20 years
For the first time in 20 years, a former government official is on trial for crimes committed during the Dirty War in Argentina . The trial of Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz , former chief investigator of the Buenos Aires province police, began Tuesday (More) |
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Argentina 'dirty war' suspect arrested in Spain
Former Argentine police and army officer Ricardo Taddei, wanted by Argentina for allegedly kidnapping and torturing 166 detainees during Argentina's 1976-1983 "dirty war" [GlobalSecurity.org backgrounder; JURIST news archive], was arr (More) |
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Argentina judge orders former military chief detained
A federal judge in Argentina has ordered the arrest of a former military leader in the investigation into the death of a student during the country's "Dirty War" in the late 1970s. The judge on Wednesday ordered Luciano Benjamin Mene (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
