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Fri Sep-08-06 10:52 PM Original message |
| Former Dictator Pinochet Loses Immunity |
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Former Dictator Pinochet Loses Immunity
By EDUARDO GALLARDO Associated Press Writer September 8, 2006, 7:46 PM EDT SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Supreme Court on Friday stripped former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for alleged abuses at one of his regime's most notorious detention centers -- where the current president and her mother were tortured -- a court official said. The case, which involves 59 cases of torture and kidnapping at Villa Grimaldi, is the first time torture has been specifically mentioned in one of the numerous legal cases brought against the 90-year-old former dictator. Villa Grimaldi, a sprawling house in southeast Santiago, has been turned into a memorial park to honor the victims. A court official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told the Associated Press that an announcement will not be made until Monday or Tuesday but a vote took place and the immunity was lifted. (snip/...) http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-chile-pinochet,0,7933849.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines  Pinochet, facing camera, speaking with Henry Kissinger, on his right. |
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Fri Sep-08-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
| 1. September 11, 1973, the CIA-abetted coup in Chili. |
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Fri Sep-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 2. A nice international precedent |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 6. Use this link too |
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Fri Sep-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
| 3. This gives me so much hope |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
| 4. I'm a bit pessimistic about this |
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Sat Sep-09-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
| 8. Even if he drops dead tomorrow, |
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Sat Sep-09-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
| 10. no he won't know sadly |
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Sat Sep-09-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 14. He's lost immunity on a bunch of cases over the past 5 or so years, |
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he and his entire family are under indictment for embezzlement, and his son recently brought a law suit for defamation claiming that this was all *too hard* on his poor pa. I hope the old torturer lives many long and painful years as some small bit of retribution for the pain and suffering inflicted on so many thousands he tortured, murdered, or both, and their families.
Let's hope Henry gets his just deserts as well, and Bush I, Bush II, etc., etc., etc,    |
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Fri Sep-08-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
| 5. Oh what's the use |
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Sun Sep-10-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
| 20. having a down day? |
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Sat Sep-09-06 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
| 7. Hasn't he died yet??? |
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Sat Sep-09-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
| 9. To quote Ren & Stimpy... |
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Sat Sep-09-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
| 11. BushCo is trying to rewrite the war crimes act to save himself |
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Sat Sep-09-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
| 12. May he burn in eternal hell! |
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Sat Sep-09-06 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
| 13. Great news. Thanks for posting. |
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Sat Sep-09-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
| 15. Good |
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Sat Sep-09-06 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
| 16. RIGGS "JONATHAN BUSH" BANK |
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Sat Sep-09-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
| 17. It is about time! |
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Sat Sep-09-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
| 18. Pity he won't be executed |
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Sun Sep-10-06 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
| 19. Pinochet ruling may lead to trial |
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The Sunday Times September 10, 2006
Pinochet ruling may lead to trial Flora Bagenal THE Supreme Court of Chile has stripped Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator, of his immunity from prosecution over kidnappings and torture after the coup in 1973. The court’s decision opens the way for Pinochet to be charged over 59 cases of human rights abuses at the Villa Grimaldi prison in Santiago, the capital. It was in this prison that Michelle Bachelet, now president of Chile, and her mother, Angela Jeria, were tortured. Pinochet’s family argues that the 90-year-old general is too ill to stand trial, although court-appointed doctors say he is fit enough. An official announcement is expected on Tuesday as to whether charges will be pressed against him. Pinochet has enjoyed immunity from prosecution for human rights abuses in Chile under a law he introduced before leaving office in 1990. Thousands of people were tortured at the Villa Grimaldi, used by Pinochet’s secret police between 1974 and 1977. (snip/...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2350568,00.html    |
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Tue Sep-12-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
| 21. Good. nt |
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