MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ? Uruguay's Congress has approved a measure revoking amnesty for officials charged with human rights abuses during a period of military dictatorship.
Thursday's pre-dawn vote meets a demand by human rights groups that people who kidnapped, tortured and killed in the name of the state should be punished.
Opponents say it violates the constitution and overturns a popular vote in favor of the amnesty. Some military leaders vow to push for prosecution of crimes committed by former guerrillas if their own colleagues are brought to court.
Dozens of suspected leftists were kidnapped and killed during the dictatorship of 1973 to 1985.
Uruguay's Supreme Court will decide whether lifting the amnesty is constitutional.
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