These two reports. and the others I have received. fly in the face of new decrees by the junta. allegedly restoring the requirement for notification of arrests within 48 hours and the filing of charges within 5 days. However. it should be noted that decrees have been issued in the past. For example. a year ago. a study mission of the Senate Refugee Subcommittee reported that it was informed by the former Minister of Interior of a decree issued by the junta in January of that year. directing that within 48 hours of any arrest. the facts were to be presented to the Minister of Interior. CX---151--Part 13 Shortly after visiting the Minister of the Interior and learning this. the study mission was given the opportunity to visit an interrogation center of the DINA. the national intelligence gathering organization. There they observed an individual sitting facing the wall. who the DINA officials informed them had been arrested 8 days earlier.