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Forced disappearances

Unlawful secret disappearanceWomen of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared demonstrate in front of La Moneda Palace during the Pinochet military regimeAn enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.

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