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Argentina: Massive Crowds Protest Shortening Sentences of Dictatorship-Era Torturers

HeadlineMay 12, 2017

In Argentina, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets Wednesday to protest a Supreme Court ruling in favor of a member of a dictatorship-era paramilitary group who was convicted of kidnapping and torturing people during Argentina’s so-called Dirty War. The ruling could have reduced the sentences for those convicted of crimes committed under the dictatorship, but—in response to public outcry—Congress passed a law to block the shortening of their sentences.

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