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State Must Pay Millionaire Compensation to Man Arrested and Tortured in Dictatorship: Judgement Invokes International Treaties

Summary by CNN Chile
A unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal of Valdivia confirmed that the State of Chile must compensate a victim of illegal detention and torture committed during the first months of the military regime. The case concerns Jorge Luis Heinsohn Huala, who was arrested in September 1973, when he was 18, and transferred to detention facilities in the communes of La Unión and Valdivia. According to judicial records, during that period he was the vic…
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A unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal of Valdivia confirmed that the State of Chile must compensate a victim of illegal detention and torture committed during the first months of the military regime. The case concerns Jorge Luis Heinsohn Huala, who was arrested in September 1973, when he was 18, and transferred to detention facilities in the communes of La Unión and Valdivia. According to judicial records, during that period he was the vic…

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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