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María Ester Gatti
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| Intro | Uruguayan activist |
| Was | Activist Writer Politician Human rights activist |
| From | Uruguay |
| Field | Activism Literature Politics |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 13 January 1918, Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay |
| Death | 5 December 2010, Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay (aged 92 years) |
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Biography
María Ester Gatti de Islas (January 13, 1918 – December 5, 2010) was a Uruguayan teacher and human rights activist.
Biography
She founded Madres y Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, (or Uruguayan Mothers and Families of Disappeared Prisoners) following the abduction and disappearance of her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter during the Dirty War in neighboring Argentina in 1976.
She died in 2010, aged 91. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.
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