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A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under the nation's military dictatorship says that those it finds guilty of torture could be brought to trial.A 1979 amnesty law protects civilians and military personnel from liability for politically motivated crimes committed during the 1964-1985 military regime. But commission's coordinator Rosa Cardoso says they could be tried by the Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights.She notes that "there are no statutes of limitations for crimes committed against humanity." And adds, "Amnesties are not valid under international law."Unlike Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, Brazil has never punished military officials accused of human rights abuses....
The United Nations' highest court on Friday ordered Senegal to prosecute or extradite former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who has lived in luxury in this seaside ...
Sen. Pat Leahy is running into stiff resistance from conservatives -- and a mixed response from liberals -- as he pursues a "truth commission" to investigate the all...
Senegal officially launched its tribunal investigating former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for alleged crimes against humanity on Friday, a move rights groups call...
A Truth Commission in Brazil says it is looking into the death of former President Juscelino Kubistchek, who died in a 1976 car accident.A commission official Wednes...
Alan talks with former Bush adminstration attorney John Yoo on his role in the infamous torture memos
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Truth Commission with strong international support started investigating the Honduran coup Tuesday, helping the country regain the rec...
Senate Democrats on Wednesday suggested Republicans should join their call for a nonpartisan "Truth Commission" to probe whether the Bush administration abused its p...
House Minority Leader John Boehner on Wednesday accused Democrats of hypocrisy in calling for truth commissions into whether the Bush administration condoned torture...
The National Journalists' Association of Brazil says it will launch an investigation into the persecution of journalists during the 1965-1985 military dictatorship.A...
A Brazilian federal judge has agreed to hold the first trial for alleged crimes by the South American nation's long dictatorship, taking a case charging two former m...
The Obama administration, and Congressional Democrats, would rather investigate the alleged past wrongdoings of the Bush years than the obvious malfeasance that's go...
On the issue of the release of interrogation memos and the decision not to prosecute interrogators, once again President Obama has shown the courage to do the right ...
One of the directors of Brazil's political repression agency during the country's long dictatorship says President Dilma Rousseff once wanted to install a communist ...
Members of an Illinois commission established to review allegations of police torture say a decision by state lawmakers to stop funding the panel means 30 or 40 wron...
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical churches playe...
A court has ordered a retired Brazilian army colonel to pay damages for the torture and death of a journalist 41 years ago during Brazil's long military dictatorship...
The names of those who will make up a Truth Commission charged with investigating human rights abuses under Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship were published Friday, ta...
Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as police sai...
In a story Feb. 7 about a lack of progress by a commission established to right the wrongs of Chicago's police torture scandal, The Associated Press erroneously repo...
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