Brussels, 10/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - While an amendment to the Amnesty Law was voted through by Surinam's National Assembly on Saturday 7 April to guarantee immunity for President Desi Bouterse, the European Union noted the vote that the Netherlands, the former colonial power, condemned with the utmost vigour.
The spokesman for EU High Representative Catherine Ashton states in a press release that: “This amendment will have an important impact on the ongoing judicial process concerning...