Madres de Plaza de Mayo marches

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The Madres de Plaza de Mayo marches are weekly demonstrations by mothers of disappeared political dissidents in Argentina’s Dirty War, who publicly demand truth and justice for their missing children.

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Madres de Plaza de Mayo marches canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights protest ⓘ
political protest ⓘ
weekly demonstration ⓘ
aim to keep memory of the disappeared alive ⓘ
to obtain legal accountability for perpetrators ⓘ
to pressure authorities for investigations ⓘ
associatedWith Argentine human rights movement ⓘ
post-dictatorship truth-seeking processes ⓘ
cause state terrorism in Argentina ⓘ
city Buenos Aires ⓘ
continuesIn 21st century ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
dayOfWeek Thursday ⓘ
demand accountability for human rights violations ⓘ
information on the disappeared ⓘ
justice ⓘ
truth ⓘ
focus enforced disappearances during the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
frequency weekly ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage international human rights organizations ⓘ
national media in Argentina ⓘ
historicalContext Dirty War ⓘ
military dictatorship in Argentina ⓘ
languageOfBanners Spanish ⓘ
location Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
mainParticipants mothers of disappeared persons ⓘ
relatives of disappeared persons ⓘ
method silent march ⓘ
walking in circles around the plaza ⓘ
notableFor led by mothers of victims ⓘ
persistence over decades ⓘ
public denunciation of disappearances ⓘ
opposedTo forced disappearance ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
organizedBy Madres de Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
period late 20th century ⓘ
recognizedAs iconic protest against dictatorship in Argentina ⓘ
symbol of human rights struggle in Latin America ⓘ
relatedConcept memory and human rights ⓘ
transitional justice ⓘ
relatedMovement Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
startDate 1977 ⓘ
startReason forced disappearances of political dissidents ⓘ
symbol embroidered names of disappeared children ⓘ
white headscarf ⓘ
target Argentine government ⓘ
military authorities responsible for disappearances ⓘ
timeOfDay afternoon ⓘ
typeOfAction nonviolent protest ⓘ

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Plaza de Mayo → significantEvent → Madres de Plaza de Mayo marches ⓘ