If Chile is to heal the wounds inflicted by Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, it must learn from its history and rebuild the foundations of a society that is more respectful of human dignity, Amnesty International said as it commemorated 50 years since the coup d’état that resulted in countless crimes under international law and cruel human rights violations in the country. During the Pinochet regime, constitutional guarantees were suspended, Congress was dissolved and a state of emergency was
Santiago, May 31 (EFE).- Nearly four years after Chile was rocked by massive protests against economic inequality, less than 1 percent of the 10,936 accusations of police brutality have led to convictions, the Chilean chapter of Amnesty International said Wednesday. “The Chilean state shows great weaknesses in the matter of human rights. Impunity has been …