Jurists lash Chile rule
NZPA-Reuter Geneva Violations of basic human rights continue in Chile under the military Government of General Augusto Pinochet even if on a reduced scale, the International Commission of Jurists has said. “The whole structure of repression, and the suspension of basic rights and fundamental freedoms remains unchanged,” the commission said in the latest issue of -its monthly review. Supported by lawyers in most of the world’s noncommunist countries, the commission is a non-govern-mental organisation recognised by the United Nations. The improvement in the
Chilean situation “lies in the scale of worst excesses, such as torture of suspects, illegal arrests, and the disappearance of arrested persons,” it was found.
“Nevertheless,” the commission continued, “all these practices continue.” The Geneva-based agency said it had received “detailed information” of about 21 cases of human-rights violations in Chile between May and September, 1977. Of this number-' 19 involved illegal arrests without warrants, 15 of the people concerned being submitted to torture, according to the commission. One person had died in custody after torture, it said.
Jurists lash Chile rule
Press, 6 January 1978, Page 5
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