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Report Some 1000 Jews Held in Detention Camps in Argentina

April 5, 1979
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Some 1000 Jews are presently held in detention comps in Argentina, suffering severely both physically and mentally, relatives of the detainees said here today at a press conference. The speakers complained that the public in Israel was indifferent to the issue and urged the government and the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires to act on behalf of the detainees. The speakers said that in a detention camp near Cordoba alone there are some 700 detainees who suffer from “both physical and mental handicap caused by tortures.”

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