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December 11, 2008

International Human Rights Day Marked Worldwide
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Ceremonies were held around the world Wednesday to mark the sixtieth
annual International Human Rights Day, held on the anniversary of the
adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. In Chile,
President Michelle Bachelet honored victims of the US-backed military
dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet: “Never again, the empire of cruelty
and abuse of people. Never again, the persecution for ideological or
political reasons. Never again,
criminals in the government and the complicity of other. Today we
reaffirm our commitment to the defense of human rights at all times and
everywhere.”

Bachelet was speaking at a ceremony breaking ground on a new museum to
remember victims of Pinochet’s regime.



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