translated from Spanish: INDH calls on Regional Intendencias not to authorize armed marches against migrants

The National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) called on the Regional Intendencias of Arica, Antofagasta, Copiapó, Coquimbo, O’Higgins, el Maule, Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos not to authorize calls to demonstrations against “the immigration problem,” as the organizers, who called for armed attendance, the ones cited for this Sunday, August 11.
They also called for preventive and reactive measures against possible assaults against people, mainly migrants.
With regard to this situation, the director of INDH, Sergio Micco, stressed that article 15 of the American Convention on Human Rights “protects the right of peaceful and unarmed assembly, and states that such an exercise can only be subject to the restrictions provided for necessary in a democratic society in the interest of security, or to protect the health, public morals, or rights and freedoms of others.”
“Since its inception, the Institute has shown that public demonstrations must meet a fundamental requirement and must be peaceful. He also said that they are an essential part of the functioning of a democratic society, and that they put into practice at least three human rights, such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association,” he said.

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