translated from Spanish: Amnesty International to report human rights violations in Chile to the IACHR

Amnesty International announced that it will report human rights violations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). “The Chilean authorities continue to commit human rights violations in a widespread manner, demonstrating that the government of President Sebastián Piñera has not made effective decisions to deal with the crisis,” said the organization, a situation that will be informed today before the IACHR at a hearing in Quito, Ecuador.In the same vein, they reported that they will continue to investigate human rights violations and possible crimes under international law that have been committed in the context of the protests in the country.” The information so far gathered allows the preliminary conclusion that these are not isolated facts, but that excessive use of force by the Chilean authorities has been a constant,” they added. It is clear that President Sebastián Piñera has not had all the measures at his disposal to stop the serious human rights violations and possible crimes of international law that continue to occur in Chile since the beginning of the social protests. Violent repression against those who manifest has been constant and could even escalate following the security measures proposed by the president on 7 November,” said Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.They need the continuity of violent practices, “demonstrates that there is no real will to change the failed strategy to address the claims of the citizens, with full respect for their rights. We reiterate our call to President Piñera: there is no time to waste, order to immediately stop the damage that the security forces are causing, otherwise a real space for dialogue will not be generated to listen to the demands of society on large human rights debts. The eyes of the world are still on Chile.” Amnesty International received more than 10,000 complaints and extensive audio-visual material about excessive use of force by military and carabinieri, which are being verified by the organization’s digital and arms specialists. The presentation of the results of your research will take place shortly.” What is happening in Chile is tragic. In three weeks the state has made excessive and often unnecessary use of force, often against people taking part or near mostly peaceful demonstrations. We want to make one thing very clear: we are not talking about isolated facts, the cases are multiplying by thousands and are happening virtually the whole country,” said Ana Piquer, Executive Director of Amnesty International Chile.

Original source in Spanish