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In a statement, the Association of Chilean Journalists rejected the decision of the Third Chamber of the Santiago Court of Appeal to accept the trial against journalist Javier Rebolledo, accused by the Colonel (r) Raúl Pablo Quintana Salazar, prisoner in Punta Peuco for crimes against humanity, for the crime of injury.
"Given the seriousness of the situation of journalist Javier Rebolledo, highlighted by his investigations of human rights violations during the civil-military dictatorship, the Chilean Journalists Association expresses to the public his deep rejection of the Santiago Court of Appeal's decision to press charges against him for insult and defamation, with possible imprisonment, thus reversing the decision in the first case that dismissed the presentation ", Said the statement of the Association of Journalists.
On Monday, Rebolledo issued the complaint against him through a message on his Facebook account, stressing that this would be the first time in the world. history of the new judicial system that a journalist is prosecuted for disclosing crimes »The Court of Appeal accepted the complaint of this lieutenant-colonel, former agent of the DINA, prisoner in Punta Peuco, sentenced to death 20. 20 years for crimes against humanity, they demand one and a half years imprisonment for insults. "
The message of the Association of Journalists also states that the defamation was filed by Carolina Paz Quintana Poblete, daughter of Quintana, in which is challenged the publication of part of his record police and judicial in one of the books of Rebolledo, which was notified on July 18 of this resolution of justice.
"It was requested a jailer sanction against Javier Rebolledo because of the publications that he made on the police and criminal record of the accused Raúl Quintana Salazar, action that we repudiate and reject strictly because it seriously violates the professional practice of the colleague, as well as the freedom of expression in Chile, "says the text.
Specifically, the lawsuit against Rebolledo to be the author of the book" Chameleon, Dual Life of a Communist Agent ", which tells the story" camouflage "of Mariano Jara to hide his role in as a vintner of weapons that the PC had hidden in a plot located on the outskirts of Santiago.
The union institution recalled that "last May the trial judge, through a three-page resolution, declared the complaint based on that published in the book Javier Rebolledo inadmissible." is not "even potentially offensive" to the plaintiffs' honor, dismissing the action in all its parts, however, the lawyer Juan Carlos Manns has appealed the decision to the Court of. appeal, which overturned the decision of the Court of Origin, briefly stating that "the facts giving rise to the complaint may constitute a crime."
Finally, the Association of Journalists expressed solidarity with Javier Rebolledo, with whom they have been in contact in the last hours and indicated that they will accompany him "in all actions of the Judiciary to which it is summoned and we will denounce this situation to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, and the corresponding bodies in our country ".
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