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19 March 2002
Briefing to focus on "Operation Condor" and human rights violations in Latin America
The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (WCC/CCIA) and the association "Où sont-ils? Disparus-Uruguay" are jointly sponsoring a briefing on:
"OPERATION CONDOR: State Terror and Impunity in Latin America"
by Samuel Blixen, Uruguayan journalist and writer, former political prisoner and specialist on human rights questions in Latin America.
Wednesday, 20 March, 13:00 - 15:00 hrs
Conference Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Simultaneous interpretation: Spanish-English.
Refreshments available.
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