Edison Arrarte
Arrarte, Edison, Refusal to Participate in Torture
In Merja Pentikainen, The Right to Refuse Military Orders, Geneva, International Peace Bureau, 1994Arrarte 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.