Volume 27, Number 8 · May 15, 1980
Five Prisoners of Conscience
By Amnesty International
The cases of the five prisoners of conscience that follow have been compiled by Amnesty International and the representative of those of many other Uruguayan political prisoners who have been imprisoned for their nonviolent political views. Anyone in Uruguay who voices criticism of government policies is liable to the charge of 'attack on the moral strength of the Armed Forces.' (Since 1973, twenty-six national newspapers and five local newspapers, as well as numerous trade union publications, have been closed by the Uruguayan government.) These cases also illustrate Amnesty International's concern about several aspects of political imprisonment in Uruguay: lack of legal safeguards at the time of arrest; long periods of incommunicado detention; maltreatment, 'disappearance' and torture; military jurisdiction over civilians; and poor prison conditions.
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