Chile: Torture and the naval training ship the "Esmeralda"

Index Number: AMR 22/006/2003
Date Published: 25 June 2003
Categories: Americas, Chile

In this document Amnesty International urges the Chilean government and the Chilean navy to acknowledge the serious human rights violations committed on the "Esmeralda"; to conduct independent and impartial investigations of all allegations of torture and other human rights violations on navy installations and vessels during the military government; to bring the perpetrators to justice and to morally and materially compensate the victims and their families.