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CHILE: Another Chance for Reparations for Pinochet Victims
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Over the next six months, a new commission will receive testimony from victims of the 1973-1990 dictatorship of the late General Augusto Pinochet, who have not qualified for reparations since Chile's return to democracy.
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RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: The Best-Kept Secrets - the Military's
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Human rights groups are worried that the declassification of military archives dating from Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war, which left more than 200,000 victims, by a special commission will not go far enough in terms of clarifying the atrocities.
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ARGENTINA: Torture Priest Still Celebrating Mass - Behind Bars
By Sebastián Lacunza
BUENOS AIRES - More than two years after he was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-1983 dictatorship in Argentina, former police chaplain Christian von Wernich has not been penalised by the Catholic Church.
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PERU: Generals in the Dock in Human Rights Trial
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - A trial against 41 Peruvian soldiers and officers accused of murdering six men and two women in the highlands village of Pucará in 1989, during the first term of current President Alan García, has reopened.
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PERU: Victims of Military Rapists Wait for Justice 25 Years On
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - "I want justice. That will be a kind of peace," says Micaela, a 40-year-old woman from the Andean region of Peru who is a survivor of the sexual violence prevalent during the 1980-2000 civil war. Twenty-five years ago, soldiers assaulted her at a military base and in her own home.
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RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Naming the "Disappeared"
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Through the "My Name Is Not XX" campaign, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation is working to identify the remains of thousands of victims who were forcibly disappeared during the country's 1960-1996 armed conflict, by inviting their relatives to provide DNA samples.
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RIGHTS: Brazil's Turn for Truth and Justice?
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Almost 25 years after the fall of the dictatorship in Brazil, relatives of the victims and human rights activists are still battling to discover the fate of those who were murdered or "disappeared," gain access to official records and find out in detail what went on under the repressive regime.
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RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Army Records Spur Hopes for Justice
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Original Guatemalan army records on a scorched-earth campaign known as "Operation Sofía", presented as evidence in a human rights case in Spain, have bolstered hopes for justice among the relatives of victims of Guatemala's 36-year civil war in which more than 200,000 people, mainly Mayan Indians, were killed.
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RIGHTS-PERU: Gov't Seeks Legal Shield for Security Forces
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - The Peruvian government has moved to protect the armed forces and police against investigations for crimes committed in the line of duty, especially in areas convulsed by social protests or where remnants of the Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas are still active.
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ARGENTINA: Dubious Past? No Problem for Private Security Firms
By Sebastián Lacunza
BUENOS AIRES - Civil society groups in Argentina are concerned that private security firms, which have mushroomed to 850 in Greater Buenos Aires, employ many former police officers and troops who played an active role in the political repression during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
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RIGHTS-BRAZIL: The Long Shadow of the Dictatorship
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Those who died and "disappeared" during the 1964-1985 military dictatorship in Brazil represent a mere "one percent of the agenda" of the Special Secretariat for Human Rights (SEDH), but captivate "99 percent of the attention of the press," complained Human Rights Secretary Paulo Vannuchi.
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CHILE: Human Rights Institute to Keep the Past from Coming Back
By Pamela Sepúlveda
SANTIAGO - The Chilean parliament has approved the creation of a national institute for human rights, another step towards fulfilling the human rights agenda of the government of socialist President Michelle Bachelet.
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CHILE: Alleged Human Rights Abusers on Army Payroll
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Thirteen retired military officers facing prosecution for human rights crimes and corruption as well as one who has been convicted are still on the Chilean army's payroll.
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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: The Unfinished Story of the "Disappeared"
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - "The night of Oct. 23, 1976, nearly 33 years ago, was the last time I saw my son Pablo. He was 17 years old, and he was terrified. Since then I have had no reliable news about his fate. My family and I have been left at the mercy of the anguished torments of our imagination."
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RIGHTS-CHILE: Personal Stories Bring the "Disappeared" to Life
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Two Chilean women living in the United States were so moved by the plight of people who were detained and disappeared during the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that they overcame the problems of distance, and wrote a book reconstructing the personal lives of eight victims through the accounts given by their closest relatives.
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