Chile's president has rejected a proposal by the Catholic Church for a wide-ranging pardon of elderly prison inmates, including former army officials accused of abuses during military rule. Sebastian Pinera said on Sunday he would only consider case-by-case pardons on humanitarian grounds, while serious offenses related to war crimes would not be considered. "Excluded from these [pardon] benefits are those convicted for serious crimes like crimes against humanity," Pinera told...
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