INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS NO. 6, MAY 23, 1977[SANITIZED] - 1977/05/23

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: 1977-1981
• Keywords: DEVELOPMENTS
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Keywords: INR
• Keywords: IRM PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
• Keywords: WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00724506
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 23, 1977

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INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
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Inthd latest of its human rights wrap-ups, Embassy
Buenos Aires on May-17 reported the following:
--Church-State Relations. .The Argentine Bishops' docu-
ment of May 7 voiced concern over government abuses.
President Videla said that the report did not signal a
confrontation, but it did "in part correspond to a very
sad reality."
--Anti-Semitism. The government recently assured inter-
. ested Jewish groups that recent arrests have nothing to
do with the social or religious affiliation of those
arrested. On May 11, two pro-Nazi books were banned.
On May 6, a synagogue was bombed, but no one was hurt.
--Terrorist Confrontations. According to press accounts,
more than 350 alleged terrorists have been killed since
the beginning of the year.
--Justice System. The federal court overruled a lower
court's denial of habeas corpus, chastised the court
for not inquiring further-into the case, and listed the
rights of the accused. The Embassy comments that,, in
spite of several such rulings, the government has made
no effort to comply with them.
--Jehovah's Witnesses. A federal judge overruled a lower
court decision barring two Jehovah's Witnesses from
attending public school. He said that no student could
be barred from a public school because of his religion.
--Interior Ministry Lists. The May 7 list named 68
Argentines, given permission to leave the country, 37
released from executive custody, one Chilean expelled,
and 17 persons detained. The Embassy notes that the
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number of persons authorized to leave is the largest
so far and may indicate an attempt to resolve borderline
subversive cases by permitting them to leave the country.
--Press Freedom. A newspaper publishers' group has spoken
out for protection of the press and has protested the
takeover of the newspaper Norte of Resistencia and the
arrest of its editors.
--Perez Esquivel. The son of this detained editor denied
stories in the London Sunday Times that the editor had
disappeared and that his family had been arrested. The
arrest was open, and the family continues free. (LIMITED
OFFICIAL -USE; Buenos Aires 3631)
Julio Carasales, Argentine Ambassador to the OAS,"
stated in a May 14 press conference, that, with respect to
human rights, the US had apparently abandoned its "aggres-
sive public initiatives." (UNCLASSIFIED; Buenos Aires 3590)
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