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Claim

Claim 150

The junta's Communiqué No. 19 provided for imprisonment for an indefinite period for anyone who disseminated or reproduced communiqués or pictures from organizations it had outlawed.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The junta's Communiqué No. 19 provided for imprisonment for an indefinite period for anyone who disseminated or reproduced communiqués or pictures from organizations it had outlawed.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Communiqué No. 19 penalty
About
incident 1976-argentina-junta-press-decrees
Source
Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Argentina, Chapter VII: The Right to Freedom of Investigation, Opinion, Expression and Dissemination archived copy
Publisher
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
1980

Quotation from the source

he, who, by whatever means, disseminates or reproduces communiqués or pictures from...illegal associations...shall be punished, by imprisonment for an indefinite time period