NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1977[SANITIZED] - 1977/08/27

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02989587
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 27, 1977

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4 SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1977
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY
Argentina: Human Rights Controls and Abuses
A number of recent changes in
the Argentine government's counter-
subversion campaign are apparently in-
tended to lessen human rights abuses. It
is apparent, however, that serious
violations of human rights continue.
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They reportedly include an increasing
use of illegal methods by small groups
within the military and security forces,
apparently reflecting rivalries within
the power structure.
As a result of the significantly reduced
capabilities of terrorist groups, the
government has taken steps to control the
excessive activities of the security services.
Lists of prisoners released or sent to trial
are being published, and new procedures
have been instituted to lessen the chances
of "mistakes" in identifying suspected
subversives.
In addition, more cases are being
transferred from executive jurisdiction to
military and civilian courts, although this
will not necessarily result in improved
conditions for prisoners or end the tor-
turing or killing of captured terrorists.
Some detainees only marginally con-
nected with subversives are receiving
reduced sentences, others have been
granted full release, and some have re-
ceived authorization to leave the country.
As the antiterrorism campaign
diminishes, the abuses and violence that
result from inter- and intra-service
rivalries are becoming more apparent.
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The abduction of the Argentine am-
bassador to Venezuela remains unsolved,
as does the disappearance of a prominent
labor leader several months ago and of a
number of lawyers more recently.
There have been no ransom notes in
these cases, and the backgrounds of most
of the victims offer little to connect them
with terrorism or subversion, suggesting
that their fate is more closely connected
with politics in the military government
than with counter-subversion. Such activi-
ty reflects the government's inability to
control hardliners within its own ranks.
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