crimes committed during the 16 years of military dictatorship. His organization therefore asked that the Sub-Commission should use its influence to persuade the Chilean Government to free all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally and to encourage the Government to prosecute the murderers and torturers of the Chilean people. 20. In conclusion, he wished to draw the attention of the Sub-Commission to a disturbing trend in the United States regarding the independence of lawyers. Demands had been placed on certain types of lawyers to violate the confidentiality of the attorney/client privilege; others had been threatened with disciplinary sanctions, including suspension or disbarment or even imprisonment. Those demands had been directed in particular at lawyers recognized for their defense of minorities, the disenfranchised or those who challenged the status quo. At the end of the Brawley case, the State prosecutor had filed a complaint requesting a disciplinary panel to investigate the conduct of the two New York city lawyers, Madox and Mason. Madox had refused to co-operate and had been indefinitely suspended from the practice of law. 21. Mr.T~eat took the Chair. 22. Ms. LACOURT (International Federation -Terre des Hommes) invited the attention of the Sub-Commission to the kidnapping of Mrs. Guadalupe Ccallocunto-Olano, a human rights activist in Peru, on 10 June 1990, from her mother's home in Ayacucho at 2.30 a.m. by a group of armed and masked men. At the time of the kidnapping Ayacucho had been under curfew and only military personnel could move freely. The victim had later been seen by a witness at the military barracks at Los Cabitos. 23. A judge in Ayacucho had served a writ of habeus corpus on the local police who, however, along with the military authorities and the Civil Guard had denied that Mrs. Ccallocunto-Olano had been detained in any of their 
**Analysis**
The text discusses human rights violations, political prisoners, and lawyers' independence, which suggests that the category should be related to human rights and social justice.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights