Adriana Rivas

Adriana Rivas is a 72-year-old Chilean woman who worked for the Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia (DINA), the brutal secret police of Augusto Pinochet's military regime in Chile. She is accused of kidnapping and torturing dissidents during that period. Rivas moved to Australia in 1978. She is currently newsworthy because she has lost her final legal appeal in Australia against extradition to Chile. This decision paves the way for her to be sent back to Chile to face trial for her alleged crimes. The case is significant because it represents a long-fought battle by human rights activists to hold individuals accountable for atrocities committed during the Pinochet regime and highlights the ongoing pursuit of justice for victims of the dictatorship.