Human rights groups, survivors, activists to commemorate 42nd anniversary of coup d’état

Argentinawilltodaycommemorate the 42nd anniversary of the 1976 coup d’état that led to a brutal military dictatorship that ruled the nation until 1983.

Human rights groups, survivors and political activists will march in the traditional procession from Congress to Plaza de Mayo where they will recall the horrors of the dictatorship and demand a number of measures aimed at fortifying or improving policies surrounding human rights.

The anniversary, the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, finds a number of the country’s main human rights organisations united around a shared opposition to the Mauricio Macri administration. This follows years of infighting and division about the inception of party politics in the human rights move- ment, specifically former presidents Néstor Kirchner and C r i s t i n a Fe r n á n d e z d e Kichner’s perceived influence over leading figures like the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.

Tomorrow’smarchisexpected to have a sharp anti-Macri sentiment.Somehumanrights figures have labelled the current government a continuationofthemilitarydictatorship because of its perceived connections with the business and media elite whose management at the time had supported or benefited from the 1976 coup. Others have dismissed that claim as outrageous.

Protesters will also rally against the prospect of highprofile human rights violators like Alfredo Astiz being released from prison.