revocata l'immunità a pinochet

[benfy]

Pinochet stripped of immunity

Staff and agencies
Friday May 28, 2004

A Chilean court stripped the country's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, of his immunity from prosecution today, paving the way for his trial on human rights charges.
The court in Santiago voted 14-9 to lift the immunity Pinochet enjoys as a former president.

An appeal against the decision may still be launched at the supreme court, which has repeatedly ruled that Pinochet, 88, is neither physically nor mentally fit to stand trial.

A 2002 report by court-appointed doctors stated that Pinochet suffers from diabetes, arthritis and a mild case of dementia. He also uses a pacemaker and has had at least three mild strokes since 1998.

Prosecution lawyer Francisco Bravo said the court's decision came as a surprise.

"We receive this with deep surprise but also with deep pride," he said. "We stress that what was at stake today was not Pinochet's health, but the principle of equality before the law."

"This ruling enables the relatives of the victims and the whole of Chilean society to again trust Chile's justice," he added.

Lorena Pizarro, the head of an association for relatives of victims of repression during Pinochet's rule, described the decision as "very good news". "We are happy now, but we remain alert because the next step must be for the dictator to go to jail and pay for all the crimes for which he is responsible," she said. Human rights lawyers in Chile and abroad have tried to sue Pinochet many times before.

On October 16 1998 he was arrested at a London hospital on a warrant issued by judge Baltasar Garzón for his extradition to Spain for trial on torture charges.

But after a 16-month legal battle the then-home secretary, Jack Straw, ruled that he should not be extradited, and on March 2 2000 he returned to Chile.

Without immunity, Pinochet could be prosecuted for 108 different criminal complaints lodged against him.

Chile's state defence council, which participated in the effort to remove his immunity, has investigated several high-profile murders committed during the 1973-90 dictatorship.

More than 3,000 people were killed or disappeared under Pinochet's rule.

The most serious cases include the murder of labour leader Tucapel Jiménez in 1987 and that of investigative reporter José Carrasco in 1986. The most advanced investigations concern the "Caravan of Death" in which a group of military officers toured the country hauling political activists from their jail cells, torturing and executing them.

Pinochet could also be prosecuted in connection with the disappearance of nine leftwing activists who were arrested in Argentina within the framework of "Operation Condor", a transnational network of state-sponsored terror that repressed opponents of the region's military dictatorships.

[S.P.Q.R.]

In origine postato da Montalbano
Ma lasciatelo in pace il vecchio pompinaro, adesso che ha tanto tempo libero per dare il culo ai suoi numerosi amanti. Con la tremarella che gli deriva dal Parkinson non c'è neanche bisogno di fargli fare sù e giù...

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[Sonic]

Cile, Pinochet non più intoccabile

La Corte d'Appello di Santiago revoca l'immunità «per demenza senile» all'ex dittatore apparso più che lucido in un'intervista tv
Tradito dall'intervista testamento a una tv di Miami. Quella in cui disse: «La guerra fredda in America l'ho vinta io».
Troppo abile di fronte alle telecamere, troppo lucido nelle analisi, troppo preciso nei ricordi per essere considerato non processabile «a causa di una demenza senile incurabile». Con 14 voti favorevoli e 8 contrari la Corte di appello di Santiago, che per due volte aveva riconosciuto Auguto Pinochet incapace di intendere salvandolo dal processo, gli ha ieri revocato l'immunità dall'accusa di aver diretto l'Operazione Condor (un piano dei servizi di sicurezza dei regimi militari del Cono Sud negli anni Settanta che portò all'uccisione di almeno 30mila persone).

Ciò non vuol dire che l'ottantottenne generale, alla cui corte si raccoglie tuttora il Cile che conta, sarà mai chiamato a comparire davanti a un giudice. Né che varcherà mai la porta di un carcere. Significa però che il Tribunale supremo, massima autorità giudiziaria del Paese considerata molto vicina alla destra cilena, dovrà prendersi la briga di riesaminare la sentenza.

Anche se destinata al ricorso e a un probabile annullamento, la decisione della Corte di Santiago ha il valore di scuotere un poco l'ingessatissima politica ufficiale cilena sulla quale l'onnipotente ex dittatore (rimasto al potere dal 1973 al 1990) esercita ancora una notevole influenza. Il precedente offre un prezioso aiuto a quei pochi giuristi cileni che negli ultimi anni, sottraendosi a pesantissime pressioni e alle rappresaglie delle alte toghe che a Pinochet devono fulgide carriere, hanno continuato a lavorare per aprirsi un varco nella gabbia di leggi costruita su misura per proteggere dai processi il vecchio generale.

I rappresentanti delle famiglie delle vittime nel caso Operazione Condor, gli avvocati Contreras, Bravo, Pavin e Subercaseaux, potranno mostrare una sentenza di tribunale in sostegno alle loro accuse.

Consapevoli che il Tribunale supremo di fronte al quale potrà essere impugnata la decisione dell'Appello è lo stesso che due anni regalò l'immunità di fatto a Pinochet per i 75 omicidi di cui era accusato nel processo per la Carovana della morte, i familiari delle vittime potranno perlomeno permettersi di dire di confidare nella giustizia come poterono farlo durante i 503 giorni di esilio dorato di Pinochet a Londra durante il quali Margaret Tatcher non rifiutava gli inviti del vecchio amico caduto in disgrazia a visitarlo nella sua casa di campagna all'ora del tè.

Angela Nocioni

[S.P.Q.R.]

In origine postato da benfy
Pinochet stripped of immunity

Staff and agencies
Friday May 28, 2004

A Chilean court stripped the country's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, of his immunity from prosecution today, paving the way for his trial on human rights charges.
The court in Santiago voted 14-9 to lift the immunity Pinochet enjoys as a former president.

An appeal against the decision may still be launched at the supreme court, which has repeatedly ruled that Pinochet, 88, is neither physically nor mentally fit to stand trial.

A 2002 report by court-appointed doctors stated that Pinochet suffers from diabetes, arthritis and a mild case of dementia. He also uses a pacemaker and has had at least three mild strokes since 1998.

Prosecution lawyer Francisco Bravo said the court's decision came as a surprise.

"We receive this with deep surprise but also with deep pride," he said. "We stress that what was at stake today was not Pinochet's health, but the principle of equality before the law."

"This ruling enables the relatives of the victims and the whole of Chilean society to again trust Chile's justice," he added.

Lorena Pizarro, the head of an association for relatives of victims of repression during Pinochet's rule, described the decision as "very good news". "We are happy now, but we remain alert because the next step must be for the dictator to go to jail and pay for all the crimes for which he is responsible," she said. Human rights lawyers in Chile and abroad have tried to sue Pinochet many times before.

On October 16 1998 he was arrested at a London hospital on a warrant issued by judge Baltasar Garzón for his extradition to Spain for trial on torture charges.

But after a 16-month legal battle the then-home secretary, Jack Straw, ruled that he should not be extradited, and on March 2 2000 he returned to Chile.

Without immunity, Pinochet could be prosecuted for 108 different criminal complaints lodged against him.

Chile's state defence council, which participated in the effort to remove his immunity, has investigated several high-profile murders committed during the 1973-90 dictatorship.

More than 3,000 people were killed or disappeared under Pinochet's rule.

The most serious cases include the murder of labour leader Tucapel Jiménez in 1987 and that of investigative reporter José Carrasco in 1986. The most advanced investigations concern the "Caravan of Death" in which a group of military officers toured the country hauling political activists from their jail cells, torturing and executing them.

Pinochet could also be prosecuted in connection with the disappearance of nine leftwing activists who were arrested in Argentina within the framework of "Operation Condor", a transnational network of state-sponsored terror that repressed opponents of the region's military dictatorships.

Perche non arrestiamo anche chi ha fatto affari con lui?

[S.P.Q.R.]

In origine postato da Montalbano
E perchè non dovremmo?

Appunto facciamolo pero
non facciamo sempre e solo i capi espiatori

[Oasis]

revocata l' immunità, ma ormai il processo non si fa

[S.P.Q.R.]

In origine postato da Oasis
revocata l' immunità, ma ormai il processo non si fa

ci mancherebbe

[un uomo libero]

In origine postato da S.P.Q.R.
ci mancherebbe

Perche' ?

[S.P.Q.R.]

In origine postato da un uomo libero
Perche' ?

Neanche sprecare i soldi
cosa cambia se viene condannato? non puo comunque andare in prigione

[seurosia]

In origine postato da S.P.Q.R.
Neanche sprecare i soldi
cosa cambia se viene condannato? non puo comunque andare in prigione

Per l'età? Pensi forse che sotto il suo regime abbia avuto qualche ripensamento per bambini o per vecchi? Per ragazzi di 14 anni o per donne incinte?