Tag: Maurice Hinchey

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:11 UTC

  Obama asked to declassify documents on children’s disappearance in Argentina

  

  US Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey sent a letter to President Obama requesting the declassification of several US intelligence documents, held by the Pentagon, the FBI and the CIA, that contain information related to human rights abuses, specifically the disappearance of children during Argentina's last military regime, which ruled in the country from 1976 to 1983.

• Sunday, May 15th 2011 - 15:04 UTC

  US Congress blocks disclosure of files on human rights violations in Argentina

  

  An effort to declassify US documents on Argentina’s dictatorship failed Friday in the US Congress, disappointing rights activists in the Argentine capital who believe the secret files could help them identify young people stolen as babies by the military junta.