Chile torture victims win payout
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Thousands tortured under Augusto Pinochet's military regime in Chile are granted compensation.
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Chile's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the indictment and house arrest of former dictator Augusto Pinochet for nine kidnappings and one homicide allegedly committed during a long regime marked by human rights abuses.
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Some in Chile celebrated with champagne but for others, there was no joy in death of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, only the sense of a final injustice committed by the dictator who brutally ruled the country for 17 years.
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A judge has ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet stand trial for his alleged involvement in state-sponsored torture.
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A court gave a woman the right Wednesday to claim compensation from a man who sexually assaulted her and then went on to win a lottery jackpot whilst serving a prison sentence.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Supreme Court cleared the way yesterday for former dictator Augusto Pinochet to face charges of murder, torture, and other rights abuses perpetrated at Villa Grimaldi, one of the most infamous prisons run by his secret police.
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Chileâs appeals court upheld the indictment and house arrest of former dictator General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges.
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Chile took a key step Wednesday toward confronting the grim legacy of abuses under the 1973-90 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, completing a lengthy report on torture and political imprisonment with testimonies from some 35,000 victims.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Many Chileans tortured during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet are rejecting a government offer of symbolic payments more than 30 years later, demanding substantial compensation instead and legal action against torturers.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte became a symbol of human rights abuse and corruption.
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MADRID, Sep 6 (IPS) - Representatives of more than 5,000 survivors of the   Chilean dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and the families  of victims  brought a lawsuit Monday against the former  dictator's executor, Oscar  Aitken, in the Spanish capital.
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Chile's navy admits that torture took place on one of its training ships soon after the 1973 military coup.
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A victim of Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare wins a 19-year fight for the right to claim damages from him.
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A Kuwaiti transport company said it had paid a ransom of more than &#36;500,000 to an Iraqi militant group for the release of seven drivers freed on Wednesday after 43 days captivity.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, the largest payout to date in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
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Chile's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against Augusto Pinochet can move forward, a decision that brings the ex-dictator one step closer to trial in a major human rights case.
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