Compensation plan for 27,000 Pinochet victims
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Chile&#39;s government is to seek congressional approval to compensate more than 27,000 victims of political imprisonment and torture at the hands of the country&#39;s rightwing military regime, which ruled from 1973 to 1990.
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(Washington DC, August 26, 2004) -- The Chilean Supreme Court&#39;s decision to deny Augusto Pinochet immunity from prosecution for past human rights violations is an important victory for accountability, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Human rights groups said the proposed compensation for those tortured under Chile&#39;s former military regime isn&#39;t enough, La Tercera reported Tuesday.
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Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill granting money and other compensation to some 28,000 former political prisoners, most of them victims of torture during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet, 91, the former Chilean dictator whose government murdered and tortured thousands during his repressive 17-year rule, died yesterday at a Santiago military hospital of complications from a heart attack, leaving incomplete numerous court cases that had sought to bring him to...
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - The Chilean army will punish Augusto Pinochet's grandson for criticizing the judiciary at his grandfather's funeral, the army said in a statement on Wednesday.
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SANTIAGO -- Thousands of mourners honored General Augusto Pinochet yesterday, many weeping as they kissed his glass-topped casket in a military ceremony that exposed deep divisions over the legacy of his 17-year dictatorship.
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Israel&#39;s security cabinet today approved a compensation plan that would pay roughly $200,000 to $300,000 to each Jewish family that leaves the Gaza Strip under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal proposal.
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SANTIAGO -- About 5,000 supporters of Augusto Pinochet mourned yesterday at the funeral of the former Chilean dictator whose repressive 17-year rule made him infamous worldwide for human rights abuses.
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SANTIAGO -- Chilean President Ricardo Lagos yesterday announced compensation for thousands of victims of illegal imprisonment and torture during the dictatorship of Gen.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean judge on Monday  formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide  and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human  rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.
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Lawyers for former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet are fighting a court ruling that he is fit to stand trial for alleged human rights abuses.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean appeals court ruledMonday that murder charges against former Chilean dictatorAugusto Pinochet in a major human rights case filed this monthcan move forward.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose health problems have long helped him escape trial for abuses committed during his 1973-90 rule, was recovering yesterday from a heart attack, although doctors said his life is still in danger.
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The union cabinet approved a 27.31 billion rupee relief package on Wednesday for victims of the deadly tsunami that slammed into the country's eastern shore last month.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos  received a chilling report on Wednesday from a government  commission that interviewed more than 30,000 victims to  chronicle for the first time the systematic use of torture  during Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship.
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President Ricardo Lagos on Sunday said he planned to compensate thousands of people who were imprisoned and tortured under the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.