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Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 37-41

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... During their stay in Chile, the delegates also met with about a dozen members of the Academia Chilena de Ciencias at an informal meeting chaired by its president, Igor Saveedra. Because one of the long-standing, general objectives of the Committee on Human Rights is to establish relationships with academies of science in other countries in order to exchange information on reports of violations of human rights directed against scientists, engineers, and medical professionals, 37
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From page 38...
... Pedro Castillo, a surgeon and president of the nongovernmental National Commission Against Torture, was arrested at his home by agents of Investigaciones (plainclothes civil police) on August 4, 1985, and subsequently banished without charges or trial to Melinka, a tiny village on the practically inaccessible island of Ascension in the Archipelaga de las Guaitecas in the southern part of Chile.
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From page 39...
... They remain deeply concerned, however, that Contreras Maluje has not been seen since he was picked up by DINA agents in 1976 and that the government of Chile has never accounted for his whereabouts. The Committee on Human Rights again urges the government of Chile to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of Contreras Maluje's arrest and subsequent disappearance, to provide a public accounting of his whereabouts, and to bring those believed responsible to justice.
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... The committee also urges the government of Chile to take all necessary measures to end torture, to investigate all reports of torture, and to bring those believed responsible to justice. The Committee on Human Rights urges all professional and medical organizations to provide encouragement of and support for the efforts of the Colegio Medico de Chile in setting ethical guidelines for medical personnel called on to examine detainees.
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... A number of professional colleagues with whom the delegates met -- who were very outspoken in condemning human rights abuses in Chile -- emphasized, nevertheless, that international scientific contacts should be continued, no matter what political situation exists. They said that boycotts of scientific meetings and conferences for political reasons hurt only the Chilean scientists themselves.
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