Medical Group Exposes Torture in Greece and Chile
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Greece, Scandinavia, Denmark, Chile
- Date: 1974
Article abstract: A team of Danish medical experts helped to substantiate allegations of the widespread use of torture by military dictatorships in Greece and Chile.
Summary of Event
Although separated by thousands of miles and located in different hemispheres, the nations of Chile and Greece shared many common features in 1974. Both nations were ruled by brutal military regimes that had come to power by forcibly overthrowing constitutionally elected governments. Both nations’ military governments were supported by U.S. president Richard M. Nixon as...
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