The World - News from May 6, 1988

Amnesty International criticized an alleged rise in harassment and death threats against lawyers and government opponents by clandestine groups in Chile. This “is one of Amnesty’s main concerns in Chile,� according to a statement by the London-based human rights organization. Targets of harassment, involving numerous death threats, include lawyers, trade unionists, actors, human rights workers and political activists, Amnesty International said. It added that there appears to be official complicity with the clandestine groups, despite government denials.