Tag: torture

• Tuesday, March 7th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguayan torturer convicted beyond prosecutor's request

  

  Former Uruguayan military officer Alejandro Ariel Ferreira has been sentenced to 9 years in jail for torture and crimes against humanity at the clandestine detention center known as “Los Vagones” during the 1973-1985 military regime, it was announced Monday. It was the first conviction by oral and public trial for crimes against humanity through the new criminal code and the first ruling for a crime under international law.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Spanish court greenlights extradition of Uruguayan torture doctor

  

  Spain granted the extradition of Uruguayan physician Carlos Suzacq Fiser to face criminal charges in the South American country for his alleged participation in torture sessions during the military dictatorship (1973-1985), during which he advised the inquisitors when to stop or when to continue without killing the victim.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Abuse within Paraguayan Military Academy reported

  

  Just weeks after two cases of abuses within Argentina's Army surfaced, Paraguay's National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (MNPT) Monday confirmed the cruel treatment of cadets at the Francisco Solano López Military Academy (Academil) was common practice.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine ex police officer linked to killings and torture extradited to Buenos Aires

  

  An Argentine ex-police officer linked to the murder of hundreds of people during the country's “dirty war” was on a plane to Buenos Aires on Monday, after France extradited him to face trial over the disappearance of a student.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 01:57 UTC

  Testimony of torture centre survivor in Brazil could help crush 1979 amnesty law shielding military officials

  

  Details provided by the sole survivor of a torture centre in Brazil could lead to the imprisonment of a man accused of raping her during her captivity. The accused has so far been shielded by a 1979 amnesty law which prevents military officials from being prosecuted for crimes committed under military rule.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet in Venezuela to check human rights situation; Maduro releases 21 political prisoners and applauds the visit

  

  The United Nations' top human rights official arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  International condemnation of Venezuelan government over suspicious death of elected councilor

  

  Questions and condemnation of Venezuela's leadership poured in this week following the suspicious death of an opposition councilman and activist who authorities say evaded justice by throwing himself from the 10th floor of political police headquarters' building.

• Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentine Prosecution orders the arrest of 26 officers for alleged torture against conscripts in the Falklands

  

  The Federal Prosecution Office from Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego has called for the arrest of 26 officers allegedly involved in torture practices against conscripts during the Falklands conflict in 1982. The case has been ongoing for over a decade but it remains at snail pace.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 08:35 UTC

  Argentines strongly disapprove of torture, but 49% are fearful if in custody

  

  Nearly half of all Argentines say they fear suffering torture if they were detained by authorities, a figure that represents slightly more than the global average, an Amnesty International survey has revealed. The results from a series of questions on the issue show Argentina as one of the nations that most disapprove of torture among the 21 countries surveyed.

• Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 07:44 UTC

  Torture remains prevalent in too many countries, UN warns

  

  Too many countries are still practising or tolerating “cruel, degrading and illegal” acts of torture, top United Nations officials said today as they pledged the UN's solidarity with the millions of torture victims worldwide.