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The report contains descriptions of individual cases of people being tortured or killed. The reports explains how CONADEP was successful in identifying 300 secret detention centers throughout Argentina used during the "Dirty War" that were administered by the military and documenting 8,961 deaths and disappearances from 1976-1977. [3]
Argentina abolished capital punishment for ordinary crimes in 1984 and abolished it for all crimes in 2008, supported by the president at the time, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. [1] [2] [3] Argentina voted in favor of the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty eight times, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 ...
Also known as El doctor, Bossi was accused of activating the death flights during the Dirty War and was wanted by Argentine authorities for taking part in death flights and forced disappearances of over 30,000 people. [14] After his arrest, Bossi confessed to the Colombian authorities to being responsible for the deaths of 6,000 individuals. [15]
Rather like the arc of the moral universe, “Argentina, 1985” is long, but bends toward justice. Effectively dramatizing the country’s landmark Trial of the Juntas, history’s first instance ...
This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously post-1990 and of people whose whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, except for people who disappeared at sea. Since the 1970s, many individuals around the world have disappeared, whose whereabouts and condition have remained unknown.
"Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case" looks at the 1990 murder of a 17-year-old girl. The Netflix documentary explains how Maria Soledad's death sparked national outrage in Argentina.
The history of human rights in Argentina is affected by the last civil-military dictatorship in the country (1976-1983) and its aftermath. The dictatorship is known in North America as the "Dirty War", a named coined by the dictatorship itself to justify their actions of State-sponsored terrorism against Argentine citizenry, which were backed by the United States as part of their planned ...
55-year-old former employee Eugenio Villela opened fire on his past co-workers, killing two people and wounding four others before fleeing the scene. Triple crime in General Rodríguez: August 13, 2008 General Rodríguez: 3 Torture and deaths of Three pharmaceutical businessmen 2013 Argentine police revolts: December 3–13, 2013 Argentina 18