After
the creation of the Committee and the first public charges, started
a stage of demand for the liberty of political prisoners, termination
of state of siege, and diminishment of the Security Statute. In addition,
the committee annexed the proposal of a law for General Amnesty for
those being held for political reasons. This initiative was approved
by the Second Forum for Human Rights and was presented to the Senate
by Dr. Gerardo Molina and to the House of Representatives by Dr. Gilberto
Vieira, both members of the committee. This provoked a reaction from
the Turbay government who officially presented a project of limited
Amnesty, different from the project approved by the Forum. With pressure
from the government however, it was approved as Law 37 of 1981. This
law did not bring about liberty for political prisoners, as no one abode
by it. |