DATE=11/25/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-242158
TITLE=PINOCHET / REACT (L) - CQ
BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: FORMER CHILEAN LEADER AUGUSTO PINOCHET HAS LOST HIS
LEGAL BATTLE AS BRITAIN'S HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED THREE TO TWO
AGAINST GIVING HIM IMMUNITY FROM EXTRADITION. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT LAURIE KASSMAN IN LONDON REPORTS THE NEWS BROUGHT
CHEERS AND JEERS.
TEXT: CHEERING ERUPTED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF LORDS AS SOON AS THE
RULING AGAINST MR. PINOCHET BECAME CLEAR.
/// CHEERING ACT - FADE UNDER ///
CHILEAN EXILES IN THE CROWD COULD NOT HOLD BACK THEIR TEARS OF
JOY.
/// VOICES - ACT ///
THIS IS WONDERFUL. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY ANYTHING
BECAUSE IT TRANSCENDS WORDS BECAUSE IT'S PURE EMOTION,
MEMORIES.
IT'S A VICTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, NEVER AGAIN
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANY WAY
IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD, THIS IS THE ONLY
VERDICT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN
/// END ACT ///
/// OPT /// EXILES AND RELATIVES OF VICTIMS OF MR PINOCHET'S
GOVERNMENT WARNED THE FORMER GENERAL HE MUST GO TO TRIAL .
/// OPT // CHANTING ///
NOW IS THE TIME TO PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES
/// END ACT / //
/// OPT /// THE RULING TO DEPRIVE MR .PINOCHET OF IMMUNITY
NOW OPENS THE WAY FOR HIS POSSIBLE EXTRADITION TO SPAIN.
BRITAIN'S HOME SECRETARY -- THE COUNTRY'S JUSTICE MINISTER --
WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON THAT ACTION BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
/// OPT /// A SPANISH JUDGE WANTS GENERAL PINOCHET TO FACE
CHARGES OF THE TORTURE, MURDER, AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THOUSANDS OF
CHILEANS AND OTHER NATIONALS AFTER HE SEIZED POWER IN A BLOODY
1973 COUP. OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS, INCLUDING FRANCE AND
SWITZERLAND, HAVE ALSO REQUESTED HIS EXTRADITION ON SIMILAR
CHARGES. /// END OPT ///
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CALLS THE RULING A WAKE-UP CALL FOR TYRANTS
AROUND THE WORLD. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SEES IT AS A LANDMARK
BREAKTHROUGH AGAINST IMPUNITY.
/// OPT /// CHANTING ACT - IN SPANISH - FADE UNDER ///
CHILEANS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DEMONSTRATING IN FRONT OF THE
HOUSE OF LORDS CALL IT A VICTORY FOR THE CHILEAN PEOPLE. ///
END OPT ///
NOT EVERYONE WELCOMES THE RULING. FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
MARGARET THATCHER -- A FRIEND OF THE FORMER GENERAL -- SAYS MR
PINOCHET SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO HOME. IN SANTIAGO, MR.
PINOCHET'S SON CALLS THE VERDICT A SADISTIC AND CRUEL BLOW ON HIS
FATHER'S 83RD BIRTHDAY. (SIGNED)
NEB/LMK/JWH/JO
25-Nov-98 2:57 PM EST (1957 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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