All of these individuals were elected to office. Recently we have seen advertisements paid for by the junta proclaiming their innocence of any violation of human rights. Those proclamalions conflict with the findings not only of the international organizations I already have mentioned. but others as well. including Amnesty International. the International Commission of Jurists and a special study team of the Senate Refugee Subcommittee. Instead of selfserving advertisements. I would be far more impressed by the release of all political prisoners. including those condemned by military war councils. an end to the state of seige and a return to a system of constitutional law and the reestablishment of a democratic system of government in keeping with the traditions of the Chilean people. For the record. I will recount some of the details of the findings of international groups over the past. year. of the violation of human rights in Chile. Shortly after the coup. the Senate Subcommittee on Refugees held a public hearing into the condition of refugees and of human lights In Chile. Testimony at that hearing and subsequent reports of respected international groups disclosed the existence in Chile of summary executions. of torture. of mass arrests. of the deaths of two American citizens. and of continued threats to foreign nationals. Those reports prompted me to introduce an amendment to halt all military aid to Chile.
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