SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS (23-29 SEPTEMBER 1977) - 1977/09/23

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628047
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 23, 1977

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE US STAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS
(23-29 September 1977)
This compilation is prepared weekly by the Office of Regional and
Political Analysis. Inquiries may ed to
the International Issues Division,
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LATIN AMERICA
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the Argentine
government is having trouble deciding what to do with more
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than 6,000 political prisoners it still holds without trial.
A general release is said to be considered potentially dangerous,
while sending the prisoners into exile is also viewed as un-
wise--some, it is feared, would return to Argentina to engage
in terrorist activity. As the countersubversive campaign
winds down, the government is likely to find the problem of
the remaining detainees increasingly embarrassing. The
reactivation this week of a constitutional provision granting
persons held under the state of siege the option of leaving
the country could be a sign that the regime wants to resolve
the matter decorously, but individuals considered especially
dangerous are unlikely to be released or exiled.
The Uruguayan government has temporarily closed down the
prestigious newspaper El Dia--the only paper that has been
outspokenly critical of the regime--and has arrested several
of its employees. The paper is charged with printing an item
offensive to the military, and publication has been suspended
for ten days. El Dia's editor has been ordered to leave the
country. The government's actions are certain to be criticized
abroad, and the moves can only be characterized as a setback
for Uruguay's recent efforts to improve its poor international
image.
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