Repressors

Chile: human rights activists decry Kast’s attempt to free repressors

Published on: December 5, 2025
09:20

Santiago, Chile, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Human rights activists condemned, in a statement the proposal by far-right presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast to release those convicted in Chile for crimes against humanity.

Uruguay: Trial of repressors and search for grandchildren

Published on: November 8, 2025
09:07

Montevideo, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) This past week, the trial of nine retired military officers accused of crimes against humanity began in Fray Bentos, the capital of the Uruguayan deoartment if Rio Negro, northwest of Montevideo.

Trial for repressors of the dictatorship in Uruguay

Published on: November 3, 2025
10:26

Montevideo, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) Nine retired Uruguayan military officers, accused of crimes against humanity, will go on trial starting today in Fray Bentos, capital of the Río Negro department, northwest of Montevideo.

Uruguayan prosecutor requests long prison for political repressors

Published on: December 2, 2024
19:10

Montevideo, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Prosecutor's Office today requested long prison terms for three repressors under the dictatorship that ruled the country from 1973 to 1985 for committing crimes against humanity.

Uruguayan repressors sentenced to prison

Published on: November 29, 2023
12:22

Montevideo, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan justice ordered the prosecution with imprisonment of five military officers charged with the abduction and disappearance of communist dock worker Julio Correa Rodríguez in 1975, it was announced on Wednesday.

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