{"id":1404,"date":"2013-09-05T05:06:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T05:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2013-09-05T05:07:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T05:07:04","slug":"chiles-judges-apologise-for-their-actions-after-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2013\/09\/chiles-judges-apologise-for-their-actions-after-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile’s judges apologise for their actions after coup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 1973 military coup is still a divisive issue in Chile<\/p><\/div>\n

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The body representing judges in Chile has made an unprecedented apology for the actions of its members under military rule in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n

It a statement, it said that the judiciary at the time had abandoned its role as protector of basic rights.<\/p>\n

“The time has come to ask for the forgiveness of victims… and of Chilean society,” said the judges.<\/p>\n

More than 3,000 people were killed under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990.<\/p>\n

The statement by the National Association of Magistrates of the Judiciary comes a week before the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought General Pinochet to power.<\/p>\n

It said its members, and in particular the Supreme Court, had failed in its duty to protect victims of state abuse.<\/p>\n

The magistrates’ association acknowledged that the Chilean judiciary could and should have done much more to safeguard the rights of those persecuted by the dictatorship.<\/p>\n

It said the judges had ignored the plight of victims who had demanded their intervention.<\/p>\n

Chilean courts rejected about 5,000 cases seeking help on locating missing loved ones abducted or killed by the authorities.<\/p>\n

Critics say their usual response was they had no information about their fate.<\/p>\n

Chile’s current centre-right government has said the country will officially recognise the anniversary of the coup.<\/p>\n

President Sebastian Pinera said last month that the coup on 11 September 1973 was “a historical fact” and its 40th anniversary should be a time of “reflection.”<\/p>\n

The announcement came after the conservative senator and former president of the Independent Democratic Union, Hernan Larrain, apologised for his party’s actions.<\/p>\n

“I ask for forgiveness,” he said. “This is my voice for reconciliation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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