News of detention centres

Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

20-04-2021 13:09 According to UNICEF, Mexican authorities are recording an average of 275 new migrant children a day waiting to cross into the United States or having been sent back from the northern side of the border.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Crimes at dictatorship death camp finally make it to trial

24-10-2020 09:02 Pozo de Banfield was one of the first clandestine detention centres to be identified by survivors of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. More than 40 years on, the crimes perpetrated there are finally heading for trial.

by Luciana Bertoia

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bacacay 3570: Floresta family home identified as dictatorship torture site

18-07-2020 08:47 Declassified CIA file helps Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas identify clandestine detention centre in Floresta, Buenos Aires, that remained unidentified for more than four decades.

by Luciana Bertoia

HUMAN RIGHTS

Protests seek justice for Jorge Julio López, 13 years on from disappearance

18-09-2019 16:59 Marchers renew calls for justice in case of missing bricklayer, who disappeared just days after giving evidence in trial involving Miguel Etchecolatz, one of Argentina's most notorious dictatorship-era criminals.