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02-11-2009, 03:10 PM
A group of Dominican activists have set out to right the wrongs of history and will head to international courts with the hopes of finding and sentencing those responsible for the 1960 torture and campaign of 27 Dominican youths. The youth were suspected of plotting to overthrow the dictator Rafael Trujillo. The announcement was made after the screening of the documentary "Los Panfleteros de Santiago," which documents the work of the youth group. The announcement was made during the "9th Annual New Jersey Conference on Dominican Affairs. Dominican American Senator Juan Pichardo said he would aid in the investigations, considering "that this injustice should never happen again in my country or in any other part of the world." Maria Feliciano, one of the film's producers explained that may of the people responsible for what happened are in hiding, but that it was a crime against humanity, none the less.
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