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| AMNESTY RAPS CHILE OVER FEMICIDES AND POLICE ABUSES |
| Written by Chris Noyce |
| Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:00 |
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Increase In Convictions For Dictatorship Human Rights Abusers Praised Amnesty International criticized Chile’s record on
police abuses and femicides in its recently released annual
International Report, but praised the government for having increased
the number of convictions of human rights violators from the Gen.
Augusto Pinochet dictatorship era.  Protestors at an anti-femicide march in Copiapó (Region III) last April. Photo courtesy of Flickr, Marcelo Trivelli Please log in to read the full article... |
