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"On October 16, 1998, the world awoke to amazing news: General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former dictator, had been arrested by Scotland Yard in England and was awaiting extradition to Spain on charges of torture and genocide. What ensued became one of the most important human rights trials of the last fifty years: for the first time in the twentieth century, a former head of state was being judged by a foreign court." "In Exorcising Terror, author Ariel Dorfman, obsessed for twenty-five years with the malignant shadow General Pinochet cast upon Chile and the world, follows every twist and…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2003Pluto Press (UK) · 224 pages · 9780745320687
- Paperback · English · 2003Pluto Press (UK) · 224 pages · 9780745320670
- Paperback · English · 2002Open Media · 224 pages · 9781583225424
Victims of state-sponsored terrorismPolitics and governmentTrials, litigationTortureTrials (Political crimes and offenses)Political crimes and offensesTrials (Genocide)Extradition