UN human rights report cites ‘multiple root causes’ of deadly Chile protests
The 30-page report based on research during the first three weeks of November, extensively details multiple allegations, including torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence by the police against people held in detention. The leader of the UN mission, Imma Guerras-Delgado, told journalists in Geneva, that the overall management of demonstrations by the police “was carried out in a fundamentally repressive manner.” When a student protest in October over subway prices turned into a nationwide movement against the Government, peaceful demonstrations swept across the country. Although the great majority…
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