The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Remembering Sergio Lagos – a tireless campaigner against Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship
December 1 1930 – January 1 2020

WE met Sergio Lagos, who has died aged 89, in 1998 at the picket calling for the extradition of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Pinochet’s detention during a visit to London was triggered by a request from Spanish judge Balthazar Garzon that he should stand trial for crimes against humanity.
It took many by surprise. One of the world’s notorious mass murderers who had enjoyed impunity since his 1973 CIA-backed coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, was under house arrest!
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