Hrw Press Reporter

The arrest of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who, for the first time, faces prosecution for torture, is a milestone in the struggle for justice in Chile, Human Rights Watch said this week. Pinochet is charged with the torture of 23 people, as well as the kidnapping of 34 and one homicide, which were carried out at a secret government detention centre after he came to power in the 1973 military coup.