Tag: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court Upholds Former Military Regime 1979 Amnesty Law

  

  Amnesty International has condemned the Brazilian Supreme Court's blocking of a reinterpretation of a 1979 Amnesty Law that protects members of the former military government from being put on trial for extrajudicial killings, torture and rape.