Statement on the arrest of 26 militant socialists in Uruguay
Item
Title
Statement on the arrest of 26 militant socialists in Uruguay
Contributor
Long, C.
Creator
Bertrand Russell
Date
Dec. 1, 1968
Identifier
Bertrand Russell Archives, Box 9.54, Doc. 182131
Language
eng
Rights
McMaster University
Source
Bertrand Russell Archives
Type
Text
Text
STATEMENT BY BERTRAND RUSSELL, DECEMBER 1 1968
The arrest of 26 militant socialists in Uruguay on October 28, for the crime of attending a meeting, was an outrageous act by the Government. A judge soon decreed that none of those arrested had committed any crime and that all ought to be released. Nevertheless they remained in detention. On November 2 the prisoners obtained an agreement that they could go into exile to a place of their own choosing, thereby saving those among them of Argentinian extraction from deportation to the Argentine, where their lives would be in danger. This agreement was not implemented promptly, and the prisoners remained the victims of vindictive Uruguayan Government and police action.
These prisoners have the right to live and work in their own countries. If, however, these countries are so dictatorial as not to permit such liberties, the prisoners must at least be released and permitted immediate asylum.
Bertrand Russell
The arrest of 26 militant socialists in Uruguay on October 28, for the crime of attending a meeting, was an outrageous act by the Government. A judge soon decreed that none of those arrested had committed any crime and that all ought to be released. Nevertheless they remained in detention. On November 2 the prisoners obtained an agreement that they could go into exile to a place of their own choosing, thereby saving those among them of Argentinian extraction from deportation to the Argentine, where their lives would be in danger. This agreement was not implemented promptly, and the prisoners remained the victims of vindictive Uruguayan Government and police action.
These prisoners have the right to live and work in their own countries. If, however, these countries are so dictatorial as not to permit such liberties, the prisoners must at least be released and permitted immediate asylum.
Bertrand Russell
