Westerkamp
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The Westerkamp family were active members of the Center for Legal and Social Studies in Argentina
. Their studies focused on cases and methods of repression
. Gustavo Westerkamp and Doctor José Westerkamp were both jailed by the early 1980s for the threat they posed to Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Their studies focused on cases and methods of repression
Political repression
Political repression is the persecution of an individual or group for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take political life of society....
. Gustavo Westerkamp and Doctor José Westerkamp were both jailed by the early 1980s for the threat they posed to Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo is a former senior commander in the Argentine Army who was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. He came to power in a coup d'état that deposed Isabel Martínez de Perón...
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Sources
- Amnesty International by Jonathan Power, published by the McGraw Hill Company in 1981, United Kingdom