Argentina Human Rights Information Castellano . The dirty war is over, and human rights are generally respected in Argentina. Still, human rights violations are still a real problem in this country. Journalists are harassed for writing articles offensive to the government, and sometimes even beaten up or killed. Conditions in jails are inhuman, beatings at police stations commonplace, and disappearances at the hand of the police are not unheard of.
Prisoners often stay in jail for years before being tried for their alledged crimes.
The struggle for human rights has found a strong ally in the person of Judge Baltazar Garzon, who is investigating the self-genocide committed in Argentina against people whose ideologies differed from the military's. The National Audience should decide soon if indeed Garzon has jurisdiction to investigate the disappearances. Meanwhile, former-disappeared and the families of the disappeared continue offering their testimony. The ruling was highly criticized both by human rights organizations as well as by jurists and judges. Hearings continue on the fate of Disappeared children - A numer of Argentinian courts are investigating the fate of disappeared children.