mothers in argentina march to remember four decades on
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Mothers in Argentina march to remember, four decades on

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Mothers in Argentina march to remember, four decades on

Members of the Argentine human rights group "Madres de Plaza de Mayo"
Buenos Aires - Arab Today

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo marked four decades Sunday of marching for accountability in the abductions of their kin by Argentina’s last dictatorship.

“Stay alert, Stay alert; they’re alive ... the ideals of the abducted” and presumed dead, thousands of marchers in Buenos Aires sang in the square they helped make famous.

Out front was founder Hebe de Bonafini, now 88, her wheelchair pushed by activists, as onlookers jostled to get her picture.

The four-decade milestone found members increasingly frail but ever determined to see their children’s killers brought to justice.

Defying their advancing years, the bereaved mothers who make up Argentina’s most famous human rights group still gather every week in the square outside Argentina’s pink presidential palace.

After all these years they are still demanding answers on what happened to the children they lost during the country’s brutal military dictatorship.

The group was born on April 30, 1977, when 14 women gathered to protest the military dictatorship installed in a coup the year before.

They dared to challenge the regime at a time when repression was at its height.

They risked the same fate as their political activist children — torture, death or simply disappearing without a trace. Instead, the generals tried to laugh them off.

Some 30,000 people were abducted and presumed killed by the regime or right-wing death squads in the 1970s and 1980s.

“Thirty thousand reasons to keep on fighting,” read one marcher’s sign.

About 700 people have been convicted of crimes against humanity from the last dictatorship’s era, most of them military brass. Some retrials are still under way.

Source : GULF NEWS

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

mothers in argentina march to remember four decades on mothers in argentina march to remember four decades on

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

mothers in argentina march to remember four decades on mothers in argentina march to remember four decades on

 



GMT 00:06 2017 Thursday ,11 May

Oman Tender Board awards projects worth OMR9m

GMT 09:08 2017 Wednesday ,17 May

Oxy Oman, Al Khazaen sign rig service agreement

GMT 23:25 2017 Tuesday ,09 May

DFM honoured with Global Islamic Business Award

GMT 12:07 2013 Friday ,10 May

Egypt, Mauritania praise deals

GMT 09:18 2018 Monday ,15 January

Germany's SPD at odds over coalition plan

GMT 18:28 2016 Saturday ,10 December

Aleppo’s past splendor: A hitoric city ruined by war

GMT 20:15 2017 Tuesday ,17 October

Dollar exchange rates stable at major banks in Egypt

GMT 06:07 2017 Thursday ,03 August

Tesla fending off worker complaints

GMT 16:13 2017 Thursday ,27 July

Portugal battles raging forest fires

GMT 11:42 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

All in the details for value added tax in the GCC

GMT 20:00 2018 Thursday ,29 November

Israeli court sentences detainee to two years in jail

GMT 12:59 2018 Friday ,19 October

Mexico rejects US "pressure" over migrant caravan

GMT 01:11 2017 Thursday ,09 March

WikiLeaks exposes alleged CIA hacking program

GMT 07:09 2018 Friday ,12 January

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' fugitive anti-hero

GMT 16:51 2017 Tuesday ,18 April

Yemen's Houthi missile attacks should be stopped

GMT 07:30 2018 Monday ,01 January

Holy Quran universal peace message highlighted
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday