[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:14839] FW: petition to try Pinochet

Fri Oct 22 10:23:21 CDT 2004

>From: "Rhonda Neugebauer" <rhondan at ucr.edu>
>To: SRRT Action Council <srrtac-l at ala.org>
>Subject: [SRRTAC-L:14839] FW: petition to try Pinochet
>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:34:37 -0700
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>
>Dear librarian colleagues:  Here is the address 
>of an organization working to bring about a 
>trial for a US-supported and financed dictator 
>that overthrew the democratically elected 
>President of Chile.  Augusto Pinochet has the 
>blood of 10,000s of individuals on his hands 
>because after the Sept. 11, 1973 coup against 
>elected-President Allende, Pinochet's regime 
>arrested, tortured and murdered as many 
>opponents as possible.  Please help hold this 
>dictator accountable for his crimes.  Rhonda 
>Neugebauer
>
>
>
>*********************************
>
>In case you have not seen this . . .
>
>
>
>The international campaign Juicio a Pinochet (A Trial for Pinochet)
>is gathering signatures for the letter below.  The letter will be
>sent to Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, the President of the Chilean
>Supreme Court, and the Chilean Minister of Justice.  They also hope
>to publish the statement in a Chilean newspaper.
>
>ADD YOUR NAME!
>
>You can sign this letter online at:
><http://www.juicioapinochet.com/1565/index.html>http://www.juicioapinochet.com/1565/index.html
>-or-
>by sending your
>NAME,ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION (if any), COUNTRY, AND EMAIL ADDRESS
>to Aldo Gonzalez at:  <mailto:aldo at cib.csic.es>aldo at cib.csic.es
>
>PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY NO LATER THAN FRIDAY,
>OCTOBER 22, 2004.
>
>For more information or to see the text of this letter in Spanish, go
>to:  <http://www.juicioapinochet.com>www.juicioapinochet.com
>**************
>INTRODUCTION
>
>Dear friends and compa-eros:
>
>We have initiated an international campaign to ensure that, now that
>Pinochet has been stripped of his immunity by the Supreme Court,
>Judge Juan Guzmýn Tapia indicts the former Chilean dictator.  As a
>result of conversations with compa-eros at the Association of
>Relatives of the Disappeared in Chile and with lawyers involved in
>this case, we have set the following objectives:
>
>1. The launching of an international campaign that will allow men,
>women, and organizations from around the world to add their support
>to the demand for a trial of Pinochet for crimes committed by
>Operation Condor.  This will send a clear signal that international
>public opinion is aware and vigilantly monitoring the actions leading
>to justice or impunity that are being carried out in Chile, due to
>the great transcendence that these actions could have for the defense
>of human rights throughout the world, and particularly in Palestine,
>Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, etc.
>
>2. Raising funds that will be destined to financing the costs that
>the legal process will require including paying for monitors-lawyers
>who will follow the multiple cases, medical experts, documentation,
>etc.  We also hope to raise enough money to publish in Chile the
>attached statement called:  &#8220;Give Justice a Chance:  A Trial for
>Pinochet Now.  We hope to publish this statement on a date very close
>to Judge Guzmýn&#8217;s ruling.
>
>International Campaign Juicio a Pinochet
>
>******************
>SIGN-ON LETTER:
>
>Give Justice A Chance
>
>>A Trial for Pinochet Now.
>>
>>On August 26, 2004, a majority of the Supreme Court of Chile upheld
>>the Santiago Appeals Court decision that stripped former dictator
>>Augusto Pinochet Ugarte of his immunity from prosecution to stand
>>trial for his role in Operation Condor.  Operation Condor was a
>>macabre coordinated campaign of the secret services of the Latin
>>American dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s, whose purpose was to
>>repress and assassinate political opponents of the dictatorships,
>>resulting in a dire number of disappearances, murders, tortures,
>>trafficking of children and destroyed homes.
>>
>>We, the undersigned men and women from different professions and
>>activities, express our satisfaction with this judicial ruling that
>>allows Judge Guzmýn Tapia to indict the former Chilean dictator for
>>his role in the crimes of Operation Condor.
>>
>>As we see it, this is a unique opportunity to give justice a chance.
>>We are saddened and worried about the fact that human rights continue
>>to be transgressed in different parts of the world with impunity.
>>The systematic violation of human rights in Latin America and, today,
>>in different countries throughout the world, requires a clear and
>>resounding response from those who have the responsibility and the
>>obligation to pursue and judge these abominable crimes against
>>humanity.  For this reason, we demand that the political officials
>>and the Courts of Justice &#8212;responsible for enforcing the
>>law&#8212;take a
>>more active and involved role in the investigation and prosecution of
>>these denounced acts.
>>
>>Again, the eyes and hopes of millions of people are upon Chile
>>because, once more, there is a good opportunity to give Justice a
>>chance to function and to set an international precedent that gives
>>notice to those who constantly violate fundamental human rights, as
>>well as those who might be tempted to do so in the future.
>>
>>There are moments in the history of humanity when it is possible and
>>necessary to give justice a chance in order to provide hope for the
>>victims of the great barbarity and horror which States, agents and
>>private individuals have committed and continue to commit under the
>>shelter of absolute impunity. We demand that all parts of the Chilean
>>Judicial Branch rule clearly and strictly in line with the law in
>>favor of a trial for General Augusto Pinochet, the man who has been
>>accused, on several occasions in the courts of different nations, of
>>being the primary person responsible for the crimes against humanity
>>committed under his command and authority as dictator of his own
>>country.
>>
>>Giving justice a chance is a requirement for democracy, the right to
>>life and the integrity of all human beings.
>>
>>SIGNED:
>>
>>FULL NAME:
>>
>>ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION (if any):
>>
>>COUNTRY:
>>
>>EMAIL ADDRESS:
>>
>
>
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