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newsjiffy (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The trial of former President of Argentina Reynaldo Bignone has begun in Argentina, according to the BBC . Also on trial are five of his former army officers, including intelligence chief General Santiago Omar Riveros, and a Buenos Aires police commissione. The seven are accused of the kidnapping,torture and murder of 56 people, committed in the Campo de Mayo dentention centre between...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... 2007. Bignone, 81, is being tried along with five other Argentine generals, including Santiago Omar Riveros, who was convicted of human rights abuses in August and sentenced to life in prison for killing 15-year-old Floreal Avellaneda and detaining his mother during the dictatorship. Witness testimony is set to begin November 10, and the trial is expected to last until March 2010....
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
... campaign against suspected dissidents. In August, former Argentine general Santiago Omar Riveros was convicted of human rights abuses and sentenced to life in prison. Riveros was found guilty of killing 15-year-old Floreal Avellaneda and detaining his mother during the dictatorship. Also in August, the Supreme Court of Argentina ruled that individuals cannot be required to...