translated from Spanish: INDH finds 22 people injured and reported of nudity, sexual harassment and torture

A balance of 22 people injured, reports of nudity, torture and ill-treatment by Law Enforcement have left the days of protests, the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) reported.
The INDH was at demonstrations in Santiago, Maipú, Iquique, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Talca, Concepción, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas, where police action was found and buses were boarded to check the status of detainees, the institution reported.
“We have been on the ground gathering relevant information on the status of injured and detained persons, and the violations of which they have been victims,” said Director Sergio Micco.
In the hospitals Félix Bulnes, San Juan de Dios, Clínica Dávila, San Borja and other venues in the country, inDH found serious injuries of at least 22 people.
One man was shot by Special Forces, five metres away and is in serious condition. In addition, the INDH identified a child who has bullets lodged in his liver, kidney, and legs; to a wounded girl with a balin on his leg, and a fourth man who received a tear-dog on his face.
To the same end, police stations were visited throughout Chile, specifically in Santiago the 1st, 3rd, 21st, 19th, 25th, 33rd, 43rd, 48th police stations were monitored, with approximately 140 arrested.
According to the entity, many accused excessive use of force at the time of detention, unjust abuse of children, ill-treatment, beatings to the faces and thighs, torture, nudity of women, sexual harassment, among other assaults.

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