ARGENTINA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS MARCH AGAINST VERDICTS IN TRIALS OF FORMER MILITARY LEADERS.

Record ID: 657303

  • Title: ARGENTINA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS MARCH AGAINST VERDICTS IN TRIALS OF FORMER MILITARY LEADERS.
  • Date: 13th December 1985
  • Summary: ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: GVs Demonstrators marching. SVs Women holding photographs, banners displaying missing relatives (5 shots) 0.37 SV Hebe de Bonafini, President of mothers' organisation speaks (SPANISH SOT) 0.58 SV Women marching and chanting 1.05 SVs Effigies and banners (3 shots) 1.25 InitialsASG/BB
  • Embargoed: 28th December 1985 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina, Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADR3VDRK2NAF8SY61OHTMK90JL
  • Story Text: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

    An estimated 4,000 people began a 24-hour march on December 11, protesting against the acquittal of some of Argentina's former military leaders -- and the sentences of others -- in a human rights trial. On December 9, a civilian court sentenced former president General Jorge Videla and his navy commander to life imprisonment for leading a criminal plot to kidnap, torture, and murder thousands of Argentines. Four other military leaders were acquitted, and three others received sentences ranging from four-and-a-half to 17 years in prison. The march was led by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group formed in 1977, who carried pictures and banners of their missing relatives. The group's annual march highlights the lack of progress in the search for more than 9,000 missing people. This year it also included protests against the sentences handed down to Argentina's former military rulers. Mrs Hebe de Bonafini, who has two missing children, claimed that the judges had freed criminals, and called the verdict unjust and unacceptable.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - HECTOR LOPEZ</strong>
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