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Chileans Assaulted Protesting Pro-Pinochet Film

HeadlineJun 11, 2012

Hundreds of people rallied in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday to protest the screening of a new film honoring the late military dictator, Augusto Pinochet. The premiere of the film, titled “Pinochet,” drew a number of former ministers and army generals who served under his regime. Protesters came under assault from supporters of the film, who threw rocks, eggs and red paint at the large crowd. Lorena Pizarro, head of a group representing victims of the regime, denounced the attacks on protesters.

Lorena Pizarro: “They are violators of human rights, and today this is the only response that they have: to suppress us, to be violent towards us, to mistreat us and abandon [their country]. And they, those genociders, are inside the [theater].”

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