The National Commission Against Torture Studies Human Rights Abuses
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Violence, Kidnapping, Hostages, Prisoners, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Chile
- Date: January, 1983
Article abstract: Beginning in 1983, the National Commission Against Torture courageously worked to end the mistreatment of prisoners and detainees by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
Summary of Event
On September 11, 1973. a military coup headed by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte overthrew the constitutionally elected Chilean government of Marxist president Salvador Allende Gossens. The Allende presidency had polarized Chile. Terrorism from the political left and right had undermined the democratic traditions of the nation, Poor economic management...
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