Calls for 'silent goal' as Chile remembers coup victims

[Judi Lynn]

Calls for 'silent goal' as Chile remembers coup victims
6 Sep 2013 - 8:56am

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's football team and fans are being encouraged not to celebrate their first goal in Friday's World Cup qualifier against Venezuela in memory of thousands who were tortured 40 years ago at the match's venue.

Days after a military coup on 11 September 1973, around 12,000 suspected leftists were rounded up and herded into the National Stadium, which was used as an interrogation and torture centre.

The viral campaign, #goldesilencio (silent goal), which quickly trended on Twitter, is ran by human rights campaigners Amnesty International.

A video uses footage of the time with words superimposed saying: "To all Chile's players we want to ask that when the first goal arrives - don't shout.

"Keep down in your throat that shout that comes from the soul. Squeeze your fist so your hand doesn't raise to the sky. And if you really want to celebrate, make the stadium quiet."

More:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/06/calls-silent-goal-chile-remembers-coup-victims

LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014586953

[ocpagu]

1. Wonderful to know

It's very good to see this kind of actions in Chile, it's important that the notion of how wrong the dictatorship was needs to be fully integrated to Chileans outlook. It's probably the country which suffered the most under the fascists in South America. Wonder if Piñera tried to interfere.