Refusal to Participate in Torture

Author(s): Edison Arrarte

In: Merja Pentikainen, The Right to Refuse Military Orders, Geneva, International Peace Bureau, 1994, pp. 42-45

Arrarte is the most famous of the Uruguayan soldiers who refused to torture, and served a total of 10 years in prison for his conscience. After the dictatorship, he went on to become a general and an active member of Amnesty International.