Information received by Red Weekly shows that the Chilsan junta's claims of tiberalisation' are worth nothing. In March this year eight young workers ware arrested in Santiago.
Their names are: Pernando Espinosa, Ulises Galardo, Eliseo Abeilly, Eugenic Bizama, Luis Quilodran, KODELO VARIET Raul Jimenez and Mario Victor LeNO etHro.uner wete TRIUEH diver 1o the DINA, the secret A letter smuggled out of Chile Regarding their torture, I dida' mean that I couldnt describe them in a grammatical sense, but it is difficult to make people believe bow dresdful they are.
Anyway, 1 will describe them sow: dectric shocks all over the body especially more sensitive parts — the graitals and che anes. The DINA introduced • rubber tube into the snus and den applies the electric shock ercilessiy: simultaneously the htened with • pincher ol lesticles sod penis.
emples, as завінси анусло ка шог IThis torture lasted four days. They were fortured at half hourly intervals throughout 24 hours. The wives of the prisoners who were also incurcersled were threatened with being ruped by the torturers in front of their H0SOANUS.
POLITICAL These men were policical pri oners and were even described publicise a5 sch Dv a mAo Chican newspaper. But the Military Fiscal handed them over 1o the anonymity of the Santiago civil prison. This is part of a trend to hold potirical prisoners on oscensibly civil affences to redace the officinl statistics for political Alfonso Peralta, a leader of effences.
When the junta first came to power the activities of the DINA were carried out openly. lt recruited its torturers from the military, from the highly practised braziairans wiln Raulf, an old German Nazi leader, and CIA advisors 10 complete the spectrum.
SOLIDARITY The pressure of international soldaniy actions wat such that ven the junta's friends -is the President of the Uniter became embarrassed. In January 1976 the junta passed a decree "protecting buman rights". It gol its reward in May of that year when US Treasury Secretary Simon aid. Further indirect aid, received through US financial tions, made a grand total of 1.8 billion dollars.
From then on the junta adopted a two-pronged method of repression: secret prisomers and prisoners on trumped up charges •s common criminals. Chile's norm. In January 1974 three per cent of people arrested ther disappeared. By August of the same year the figure was 50 per penit.
Already Hackney branch of nE NODOr nOn oRruDa Employees has acted swiftly in trying to get further information on the treatment of these eight do the same through their trade unions and political organisa Piticite the nes oo te information anc