Thursday, April 24, 2008

News Briefs: Justice

* Argentina: Three people were convicted for illegally adopting a baby during the “Dirty War” period.

* Mexico: Canadian Brenda Martin was found guilty in a Mexican court after she was imprisoned for two years without trial.

* Colombia: Pension and health benefits are to be extended to same-sex couples according to a verdict by the country’s Constitutional Court.

* Brazil: Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested a Credit Suisse executive and charged him with laundering money for wealthy Brazilians.

Image- Times Online (“Maria Eugenia Sampallo leaves the Buenos Aires court. Children of the enemies of the junta were given to its backers”)

Sources- JURIST, Reuters Africa, National Post, AFP


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