INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS NO. 125, SEPTEMBER 28, 1979 - 1979/09/28

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Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 CO1057245 SECRET/NOFORN 3.5(c) EXDIS r?\,S-huin SENSITIVE ANNEX TO INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS TRANSFERRED/REebMVIYAIWX1kNIATNRUMSE Bl, 1.4(D) No. 125, September 28, 1979 CONCURRENCE REQUESTED - CIA LATIN AMERICA _ E0 13526 �3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs EO 13526 3.5(c) NR Argentina Timerman *Released. Jacobo.Timerman, Argentina's best- known political prisoner, was stripped of his citizenship and expelled from the county on September 25.. He is expected . to join his family in Israel:. .Rumors concerning. Timerman's impending release gained currency following a reported Supreme Court decision of September 17 that declared his detention illegal. The Court's decision was not been made public, but Embassy Buenos Aires sources .have indicated that the Court acted independ- ently of executive Pressure. Kidnapped in April 1977 by security agents, Timerman has been held despite a military tribunal's finding that he SECRET/NOFORN, /EXDIS RDS-2,4 9/28/99 (multiple sources) NR B1 B1 �BI B1 B1 B1 B1 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 CO1057245 I. 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 CO1057245 SECRET/NOFORN /EXDIS - 2 - )was not guilty of subversive actions and a July 1978 Supreme Court ruling that his detention under state-of-siege powers was unjustified. President Videla had promised the head of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) .that visited Argentina; September 6-20, that the government wo res ect the Supreme Court's decision in favor of T'm-ril-n INR Comment. Timerman's release is a significant accomplishment for Videla and his moderate military supporters. No evidence was ever published to substantiate charges that � Timerman was involved in. political or economic subversion. Furthermore, his continued detention seriously compromised the government at a time when the frequency of human tights viola- tions was declining. significantly. His expulsion probably can be attributed to a Videla decisionsto press the matter in the context of the IAHRC visit and the Supreme Court decision:. SECRET/NOFORN, /EXDIS Approved for Release: 2018/09/17 CO1057245 3.5(c) I 3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c)