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GUEST: Patricia Isasa, torture survivor from Argentina

We return now to the story of Patricia Isasa, Argentine torture survivor whom we have featured on Uprising before. Patricia is the lead witness in a trial which will begin this year, to bring 9 human rights violators in Argentine to justice for torture, complicity, or even genocide. Patricia has been kidnapped several times, beginning when she was only 16 years old and has survived various forms of torture. Patricia Isasa spoken out about her experiences despite continuous death threats. Today she is protected under the Argentine Witness Protection Program with an extremely high-level of security. Last year the Argentine Supreme Court struck down amnesty laws that protected former military officers who served during the dictatorship. As a result, former police chief Miguel Etchecolatz was recently convicted in a landmark trial. One of the key witnesses in that trial went missing last September, hours before he was to give his final testimony.

Music by Jose Luis Arrozco.