Sendik, Raul

In the early 1960s. tried to organize a movement among the workers of the sugar industry of Uruguay. In 1962, he conducted a “March on Montevideo ” - a campaign of workers to the capital demanding land, an 8-hour working day , salary in cash, not cards, etc., which ended in arrests and clashes with the police ^[1] .

Subsequently, Sendyk becomes disillusioned with the tactics of peaceful protest and comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to fight underground. Together with his like-minded people, he holds a whole series of actions on self-defense and self-financing (theft of weapons and money). In 1965, he was one of the creators of Tupamaros ^[2] .

On August 7, 1970, Sendik was arrested, but on September 6, 1971, he managed to escape during the mass escape of prisoners from the Punta Carretas Prison, organized by members of Tupamaros.

In response to the intensification of the guerrilla, a campaign of mass arrests and "selective disappearances" of partisans began. In 1972, Tupamaros was exsanguinated, and his leadership was imprisoned, where he was subjected to both physical and psychological torture. In 1972, the police covered the meeting of the remaining leaders of the organization, among whom was Sendik. After a lengthy firefight, those gathered were arrested ^[3] .

In 1981, the UN Committee on Human Rights considered a complaint on behalf of Sandik, filed by his wife, and stated violations of the rights of Sandik to freedom from torture and a fair trial ^[4]

After spending almost 13 years in the solitary confinement cell of one of the worst prisons in Uruguay, Raul Sendik died from the effects of torture three years after his release.