Human rights defenders strongly condemned the proposal by far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast to release prisoners convicted in Chile for crimes against humanity. They warned that pardoning human rights violators would represent a painful step backward and a direct affront to victims and their families. Kast supports pardons for prisoners over the age of 70 with terminal illnesses, including those held in Punta Peuco prison. Among them is Miguel Krassnoff, sentenced to more than one thousand years in prison for crimes committed during the Pinochet regime. The statement emphasized that any attempt to reverse court rulings or seek impunity would only deepen Chile’s wounds.
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