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Argentina lower House approves new media ownership laws

September 19, 2009 10:15:00 AM

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Thursday that would create new media ownership rules and a new regulatory body to interpret those laws. Argentine President Christina Fernandez De Kirchner said...

August 17, 2009 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, FL (formerly at Ann Arbor, MI) examines the relevance of the four Geneva Conventions signed in August 1949, 60 years ago this month, in the context of...

August 13, 2009 10:17:00 AM

Former Argentine general Santiago Omar Riveros was convicted of human rights abuses Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison for the killing of 15-year-old Floreal Avellaneda and the detention of his mother during the country's military dictatorship. From 1976...

August 12, 2009 11:54:00 AM

The Supreme Court of Argentina ruled Tuesday that individuals cannot be required to submit blood samples to test whether they were abducted as children during the "Dirty War" . The court issued two...

July 24, 2009 11:38:00 AM

Spanish police announced Friday that they have arrested Jorge Alberto Soza, wanted in his home country of Argentina on torture charges stemming from his service in the police force during the country's military dictatorship. From 1976 to 1983, a...

February 28, 2009 03:53:00 PM

The Argentina Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced Friday the implementation of a new law containing provisions aimed at bringing the military and its justice system under increased civilian control. The legislation was signed into law...

December 21, 2008 08:49:00 PM

An Argentine court on Friday suspended its decision to release up to 20 suspects who are accused of committing human rights violations during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, known as the "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST...

December 19, 2008 10:00:00 AM

An Argentine court Thursday released 14 suspects who are accused of committing human rights violations during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The court released the men pending bail , saying that the two-year legal deadline...

August 29, 2008 12:44:00 PM

Two former generals were convicted Thursday of killing a senator during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina and have been sentenced to life terms of house arrest. A court in Tucuman province found Antonio Bussi [New...

July 25, 2008 09:36:00 AM

An Argentine court sentenced former general Luciano Benjamin Menendez and four others to life in prison on Thursday for the 1977 kidnapping, torture, and killing of four political dissidents during the country's so-called "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity...

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