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José Miguel Vivanco, director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, described this Friday as “inconvenient and unjustified” the bill presented by five opposition senators, with which they seek a general pardon for all those who have been detained, remain in prison or have been charged or convicted in the framework of the social outbreak.
In conversation with our partner CNN Chile, Vivanco referred to his organization’s analysis of what is happening in Chile.
In that sense, he assured that regarding the social outbreak, reality “continues to be a delicate situation due to the human rights violations that have occurred by the Carabineros, which are very repeated and are serious.”
In relation to the investigations into these cases, he criticized the time that has elapsed, since in the opinion of the agency, “they are judicial investigations that progress slowly.
Asked about the bill that seeks to generate a pardon for detainees in the midst of the social unrest, the director argued that it is “inconvenient and unjustified”, because – he argued – “if it is about some violations of due process, that is due treat case by case ”, but“ with a generic pardon is a serious error ”.
Along with this, he categorically ruled out the existence of “political prisoners” in Chile. “For the circumstances of political prisoners to occur, we should be in conditions where people are persecuted for their religious beliefs, political beliefs, disagree when trying to publish a personal opinion,” he said.
“Those who committed common crimes must answer before the law. There cannot be a preferential treatment, especially if we are talking about serious crimes ”, he sentenced.
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