[escepticos] Pinochet

["José M. Bello Diéguez" <jmbello@...>]

Por si resulta de interés para alguien, o motivo de escándalo para otros,
reenvío lo que he recibido, siguiendo la moda de la corrala.

Saludos

JM

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Subject: Juicio a Pinochet


Querido amigo,

SE HACE INDISPENSABLE UN ENORME ESFUERZO COMUN PARA, SI ES POSIBLE, INUNDAR
A JACK STRAW CON NUESTRAS PETICIONES RESPECTO A PERMITIR QUE SIGA SU CURSO
NORMAL EL PROCESO DE EXTRADICIÓN A
ESPAÑA.  ESTO TIENE QUE HACERSE AHORA; TENEMOS UN PLAZO MUY CORTO (HASTA EL
MARTES), Y NO
BASTA CON QUE TU ENVIES LA CARTA QUE SIGUE A <gen.ho en gtnet.gov.uk>, SINO QUE
ES NECESARIO QUE LA REENVIES DE INMEDIATO A TODOS TUS CONTACTOS CON EL FIN
DE QUE ELLOS TENGAN TIEMPO DE REMITIRLA, Y SU VEZ, REENVIARLA A OTROS PARA
INICIAR OTRO CICLO, Y ASI SUCESIVAMENTE...


POR FAVOR, A PESAR DE TU CANSANCIO, NO LO DEJES PARA MAÑANA; HAZLO AHORA
QUIZAS SEA EL ESFUERZO QUE HAGA LADEAR EL FIEL DE LA BALANZA A NUESTRO FAVOR
Y ASÍ CONTRIBUIR A LA VERDAD, A LA
JUSTICIA, Y A LA CONSTRUCCION DE UN MUNDO DE RESPETO A LA PERSONA Y DIGNIDAD
HUMANAS.


To: gen.ho en gtnet.gov.uk

Subjet: Pinochet

Date: Jan 19, 2000

The Rt. Hon.
Jack Straw, MP
Secretary of State for Home Affairs
Home Office
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AT, UK


Dear Secretary of State,


We know how delicate your position is and what
pressures are exerted
on you from all sides. Yet we cannot accept that you
consider
releasing Sr Pinochet on grounds of his poor health.
What precedence
is there for a war criminal to be released because he
may not stand
the strain of a trial?


Sr Pinochet would be released on compassionate
grounds, thus depriving
his victims and theirs relatives and friends, or
citizens of the
world, of ever seeing justice done, while those he had
tortured and
assassinated never had the benefit of either
compassion or a fair
trial.


Besides, we are convinced that the "humanitarian"
question raised
about Sr Pinochet has already been answered in so far
as Spanish Penal
Law has established sufficiently comfortable forms of
emprisonment for
people over 70 and we consequently consider that no
additional measure
is called for on the part of British authorities to
meet this demand
for compassion.


So far we had admired your unwavering support to the
cause of justice.
Yet, as you now win Mrs Thatcher's approval, you may
be condemning
Pinochet's victims and the relatives and friends of
those he had
killed to renewed moral torture, in a most literal
sense (cf. European
Court for Human Rights, case of "Kurt vs. Turkey" - 25
May 1998), a
torture that has already lasted for 25 years and in
some cases has
gravely impaired the survivors' health.


It still seems to us that the only possibility for
Justice to be done
is for the former dictator to be tried in Spain. We
would have
preferred a trial in Chile, but whatever the current
government now
claims, it seems impossible under the present
circunstances  (cf. the
report produced by the International Federation of the
Leagues of
Human Rights - March 1999). Any suggestion that he
should be tried
either by the International Penal Tribunal or in Chile
is a dilatory
move that would result in removing him from the hold
of European
Justice. Besides, we cannot quite understand why he
should be too
frail to stand a trial in Spain, but not to face a
transtlantic flight
and a trial in Chile.


We therefore trust that you will resume your former
position and
support the demand for Sr Pinochet to be tried. Human
Rights are not
patient of a third way. They demand Truth and Justice.


Yours sincerely,


(TU NOMBRE)

(TU DIRECCIÓN)

(CIUDAD, PAIS)