ALEJANDRA MATUS
(Alejandra Matus Acuña)
Matus had written an expose entitled the Black Book of Chilean Justice. The government not only banned the book, but jailed the Publisher and Chief Editor of the publishing company.
Alejandra Matus Acuña is a Chilean journalist and writer. In 1999 she published El libro negro de la justicia chilena (lit. "The Black Book of Chilean Justice"). The available copies of the book were confiscated one day before the planned release and Matus was accused by Servando Jordán, minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, of the delict of "desacato" ("contempt") invoking the article 6-B of the Ley de Seguridad del Estado (State Security Law). This prompted Matus to apply for—and receive—political asylum in the United States. The case led to the "desacato" article to be removed from the law with the new Ley de Prensa removed the ban.
