PINOCHET LOSES LEGAL IMMUNITY
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Chileâs former President General Augusto Pinochet has been stripped of his legal immunity following a ruling by the countryâs Supreme Court.
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Chile&#39;s Supreme Court on Thursday morning stripped former leader August Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for the deaths of political opponents during his 1973-1990 rule.
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SANTIAGO -- The judge who indicted General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges and placed him under house arrest has approved bail for the aging former dictator, officials said yesterday. But Pinochet will remain confined to his country estate near Santiago until the Court of Appeals rules on Judge Juan Guzman's $3,500 bail bond order. Prosecution lawyer Eduardo Contreras said ...
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Santiago - A court ruling placing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet under house arrest, after he was charged with murder and kidnapping, has been suspended following an appeal by his lawyers, a court announced on Monday.
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: Gen. Augusto Pinochet was hospitalised after suffering a stroke - a day after an appeals court postponed a decision on whether to uphold the former dictator&#39;s indictment and house arrest on human rights charges.
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The Chilean Supreme Court on Thursday stripped former military dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity. That leaves the courts free to prosecute him for the deaths or disappearances of opposition figures in the 1970s.
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Doctors reject claims that Chile's ex-leader Augusto Pinochet has exaggerated his illness to avoid prosecution.
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How ironic: defense attorneys for Augusto Pinochet characterized the arrest order against the former Chilean tyrant as an abuse of human rights, alleging that the 89-year-old man cannot defend himself because of poor health.
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SANTIAGO - An appeals court in Chile upheld the indictment and house arrest of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet Monday. The Santiago Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 in favour of the indictment on human rights
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court Thursday  stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from  prosecution in a notorious human rights case, raising hopes of  victims that he may finally face trial for abuses during his  17-year regime.
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A Chilean appeals court rejected claims yesterday that General Augusto Pinochet was too ill to face charges of murder and kidnapping.
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Lawyers pressed Chile's Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold a lower court decision stripping retired Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution, saying the former dictator should face justice for past human rights abuses.
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A Chilean court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution in a third criminal case on Thursday, this time for the 1974 assassination of a Chilean general and political foe.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean court on Wednesday  granted bail to ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet over a human  rights case but his defense said he would find it hard to  afford the $3,500 bond needed to end house arrest at his  country estate.
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The arrest warrant issued against General Augusto Pinochet has been suspended pending an appeal, after lawyers for the former Chilean dictator argued that he was mentally incompetent.
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Chile&#39;s supreme court stripped former dictator General Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution yesterday, paving the way for a possible trial on charges of human-rights abuses.
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Doctors say Chile's former leader Augusto Pinochet has suffered a stroke, ahead of a new ruling on his case.