In place of democratic government. the junta instituted a military dictatorship. complete with middleofthenight raids on homes. wholesale arrests. mass executions. firing squads. heavy censorship. book burning. the outlawing of political parties and labor unions. and restrictive curfews. There is widespread international concern over the possible danger to human lives and human rights in Chile in the wake of the coup. Thousands of persons are being held in custody. including former Cabinetlevel officials. freely elected members of the Congress. university students and their professors. and nonChilean nationals who are political refugees from their native countries. This concern is heightened in the wake of the juntas announcement that it intends to apply military justice to these detainees. The Allende government had attempted to introduce democratic social reforms and redistribute the resources of the nation more equitably among the people.
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