AREA BRIEFS 13 AUGUST 1979[SANITIZED] - 1979/08/13

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628535
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 13, 1979

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11., Argentina: Human Rights
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THAt. SECURITY FORCES ARE DE PRISONERS
BEFORE THE iINTER..-.--AMERICANHUPANARIGHTS::cOMIISSIONVISIT ,..NE)(7
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THE . ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT MAN fEAR TE EMBARRASSMENT OF
ALLOWING THE HUMAN. RIGHTS- DELEGATION TOSEE PRISONERS WHO ,
SUFFERED PHYSICAL MUTILATION OR PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT AS
A RESULT OF SEVERE INTERROGATION:. IN 1115i GOVERNMENT
REFUSAL OF 4 TERRORIST DEMAND. TO., SHOW SEVERAL CAPTURED
GUERRILLAS ':7ALIVE AND WELL ON TELEVISION LED 70 THE DEATH'
OF A .US CONSULAR AGENT .HELD BY TME TERRORISTS.
. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED P.01-g.E. TO 0A.11.:THgH OFFICES OF.
THREE 'HUMAN' RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. IN BUENOS AIRES LAST-- WEEK
AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO CHARGES THAT ONE :OF THE:
GROUPS HAp SOLICITED FALSE INFORMATION- 'CONCERNING A tassiNG:
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PERSON, ACCORDING TO A WIRE SERVICE REPORT. REPRESENTATIVES'
OF TWO Of THE. GROUPS SAID POLICE'''. SEIZED MORE THAN 8,,000 CASE
FILES.
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