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Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law

March 10, 2010 - 19:21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2010

Human Rights Watch

The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that
provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against
humanity, Human Rights Watch said today.

The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing
it into force, despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai that
he would not allow the law to go into effect.

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