Uruguay

Eduardo Ferro

Opinion

Uruguay: a law to benefit perpetrators of crimes against humanity?

30 November 2021 by Elena Salgueiro

Criminals around the world are using Covid-19 to try to get out of jail. In Uruguay, a group of senators is going further: they are proposing a law that would allow all convicts over 65 years of age to be placed under house arrest [...]

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Ex-Guantanamo inmate back in Uruguay after S.Africa deportation

19 December 2016 by AFP

A former Guantanamo inmate who was resettled in Uruguay has returned to Montevideo after being kicked out of South Africa, Uruguay's foreign minister said Sunday. The former inmate, Syrian-born Jihad Diyab, landed in Montevideo ar [...]