Reynaldo Bignone served as de facto president of Argentina in 1982 and 1983
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Amnesty International has welcomed the prison sentence handed to a former Argentine president responsible for crimes against humanity in the 1970s.
Reynaldo Bignone, a former military general, was found guilty of torture, murder and several kidnappings that occurred while he was commander of the notorious Campo de Mayo detention centre between 1976 and 1978.
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Former Argentine president gets 25 years for crimes against humanity
Reynaldo Bignone served as de facto president of Argentina in 1982 and 1983
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Amnesty International has welcomed the prison sentence handed to a former Argentine president responsible for crimes against humanity in the 1970s.
Reynaldo Bignone, a former military general, was found guilty of torture, murder and several kidnappings that occurred while he was commander of the notorious Campo de Mayo detention centre between 1976 and 1978.
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This entry was posted on April 22, 2010 at 9:27 am and is filed under Commentary, Human rights, torture, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.