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New Generations at Work by Human Rights
Memory, Justice and Reparation.
Memory, Justice and Reparation.
's been 32 years since the first people who disappeared after the military coup led by Augusto Pinochet in 1973 in Chile. The love that their families had for them was the driving force in a process that began with the hope to have them back alive, but that turned into a struggle for justice, and the memory anymore.
Those mothers who did not hesitate to take to the streets to ask "Where is my son? , Those widows who faced marginalization and discrimination such value that they knew to get ahead in search of their husbands, but also in raising their children. Those children with their strength demanded truth and justice, those children who innocently wondered what happened to their father or mother. Brothers who did not rest with the repressions, denials and responses. All are worthy of our deepest admiration, because they are an example of courage and bravery are an example also of conscience for society, love, strength.
That work has had huge fruit, but not yet finished, have made enormous progress in justice and memory, of Human Rights. Today society finally accepts the truth of what happened to our family to shame and bitterness, there is a general repudiation of those responsible for such pain. However, there is still no widespread awareness of the social level that meant torture, exile, disappearances and human rights.
is why the integration of new generations is a key factor in perpetuating the memory and keep it alive, not only generations of relatives of the Disappeared, but generations of the whole community engage in a work memory and the never simply be awareness of what such attacks meant to aid humanity means to work for Human Rights.
is necessary that young people today are not indifferent to the living process as their mothers, fathers, grandparents, because therein lies today's society is formed, a society that is the daughter of the dictatorship, but denies his progenitor, and that aspect needs to be done incapiƩ. It is essential to generate instances in which the community can express its condemnation of those responsible for so much crime, but also his respect for the victims of repression, including themselves in that concept of "victim" because ultimately we are all victims more or lesser degree of dictatorship.
Our group is working on it, in 2006 was an activity called Testimonies Memory in conjunction with history students at the University of Chile, and as a result of such activity, the community Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Chile (where the activity took place) was more interested and committed to work for awareness on issues of Memory, Justice and Human Rights, that means a great achievement of our group, but also of them, the youth of our country.
Therein lies our ability to project our work that has been 32 years ahead, through the new generations, as we have seen, if you give them opportunities to participate, do so with spirit, bringing innovative ideas and a committed work for a more just and egalitarian society where there is the bitter events occurring during the dictatorship, can overcome the ravages of time and forgetfulness.