Timerman writings
- Artist/Author/Producer: Jacobo Timerman
- Confronting Bodies: Government under General Videla, president
- Dates of action: April 1977
- Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Description of the Art Work
- Timerman was the editor and publisher of the Buenos Aires newspaper La
Opinion. In it, he constantly attacked the Argentine government,
military services, secret police, and terrorist gangs. He was a
passionate advocate of human rights and social justice.
- Description of incident
- He was arrested on April 15, 1977 and with no charges brought against
him, was imprisoned without a trial. He was interrogated about his
participation in Zionist organizations, tortured and locked in isolation.
During the period surrounding his imprisonment, he was one of twenty to
thirty thousand Argentines that disappeared without a trace.
- Results of incident
- After thirty months in prison, and as a result of a worldwide campaign he
was freed. In September 1979, he was stripped of his Argentine
citizenship and expelled from the country. He took refuge in Israel
where he lived in Tel Aviv with his family. In 1984 he returned to
Argentina where he currently resides.
Source:Timerman, Jacobo, Prisoner without a name, Cell without a number