Augusto Pinochet

A decade after the historic arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, more still needs to be done in securing justice for torture survivors, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (now Freedom from Torture).
March 24th 1976 - Never Again!
News - 23 March, 2006
Thirty years ago a military coup in Argentina took the country into a repressive state. We are remembering today those who were killed, those who were disappeared, those who were forced into exile, those who were imprisoned, and also we remember the rest of the population, which was condemned to silence and to live in fear.
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture is delighted at the decision of Chile's Supreme Court to strip General Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution.
A report which challenges the findings of the neuropsychological exam carried out on former Chilean Head of State Augusto Pinochet for the Home Office, have been entered into court proceedings in Chile.
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, third-party intervenors in the Pinochet case, described today's [subs: 12.17.98] judgement by the Law Lords which gives the former dictator a fresh hearing as "ironic but not unjust."
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture says Jack Straw's decision to free former Chilean dictator Augusto...

Freedom from Torture
111 Isledon Road
London
N7 7JW
Registered charity
England 1000340
Scotland SC039632

FfT Logo

© 2013 Freedom from Torture.
All rights reserved.