Security & Strategic Review - December 2003
COLOMBIA: Military get police powers in new law
On 10 December the Colombian senate gave final approval to a highly controverted antiterrorist statute, which allows the government to suppress rights guaranteed by the constitution and grants the military power hitherto enjoyed only by the police under judicial supervision.
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