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Bill against forced disappearance, torture passed by House

A long-stalled bill criminalising torture and political disappearances was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, as victims' families struggle for answers in scores of unsolved missing-persons cases.

The bill easily cleared the third and final reading with a vote of 359-3, with one abstention. 

The legislation will now go to the Senate for approval, which could be in the next parliamentary sitting in May.

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