Amnesty International (AI) urged the leaders of Italy, France, Spain and England on Thursday to address the situation of human rights violations during the demonstrations in Chile, within the framework of the tour that President Sebastián Piñera will carry out in Europe between September 3 and 12.
“Almost two years after the protests that began in October 2019 and the generalized attacks against the population that were demonstrating by the Carabineros de Chile, the investigations are barely progressing for serious human rights violations and possible crimes against humanity, “he said in a release Erika Guevara Rosas, director for the Americas of AI.
The organization has sent a letter to each authority in the European countries in which they express their concern about the “serious human rights violations and the situation of impunity that continue to put everyone in Chile at risk. “
Wherever the president goes @sebastianpinera, you will find that the world is still with #EyesOverChileItaly, France, Spain and England also require that #ResearchCommands following widespread violations of #Human rights and they ask for truth, justice and reparation. pic.twitter.com/P8Z8X9CBvY
– Amnesty Chile (@amnistiachile) September 2, 2021
In the text, the international body points out that the lack of progress in the investigations “implies a continuous breach of State obligations in relation to justice, reparation to victims and their next of kin, and guarantees of non-repetition. “
They also request the European authorities “to express to Piñera the importance of the National Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary presenting all the information and conducting the necessary investigations to clarify all the facts.”
During his stay in Europe, the Chilean president will hold working meetings with the King Felipe VI of Spain; the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez; the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson; the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Pope Francisco.
Between October 2019 and March 2020, 34 people were officially reported as deceased during the repression of the protests that led to the social outbreak, motivated by inequality, the economic model and the high cost of living.
In addition, according to figures from the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), 3,443 people were injured by State agents, 347 of them with eye damage, of which five suffered total loss of vision.
