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The senator Juan Ignacio Latorre (RD) and the deputy Emilia nuyado (PS), presidents of the Human Rights commissions of their respective chambers, condemned the statements issued by the Government spokesman, Jaime Bellolio, after Michelle Bachelet He assured that after the social outbreak of October 18, 2019, serious violations of human rights were registered in Chile.
On Monday it was announced that Bachelet, in her capacity as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, responded to a query made by the Valparaíso regional prosecutor, Claudia Perivancich, who investigates a score of complaints against different authorities for alleged crimes against humanity.
The former President detailed the visit of a delegation from the Office that she presides and the report that concluded that “there were well-founded reasons to maintain that, as of October 18 (2019), there had been a high number of serious human rights violations, including the excessive or unnecessary use of force. “
The annoyance was immediate, and the government spokesman replied that “In a democratic country, those who determine whether or not there are eventual violations of human rights are not the governments, they are not other people, they are not former Presidents, but the courts of justice”, despite the fact that Bachelet responded in the capacity of his functions in the UN.
After this, Senator Latorre said this Tuesday to Cooperative what “The Government has shown contempt for international institutions.”
“The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is part of the international network or the international human rights system and I believe that the Government of Chile has despised that institutional framework, it has not taken up the recommendations of the reports on human rights , both national and international, and, in addition, in his Government, in the context of the social outbreak, and even until now in a pandemic, there are still serious and massive human rights violations “, assured the parliamentarian RD.
For her part, Deputy Nuyado stated that Bachelet’s response to the Prosecutor’s Office “should not surprise the Government, since, in addition, other international human rights organizations concluded the same and made recommendations to the Government, which has not yet had the political or moral will to implement them “
“Moreover,” added the socialist legislator, fundamental rights continue to be violated, especially in the Carabineros. “
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF “TRYING TO COVER THE SUN WITH A FINGER”
The director in Chile of the NGO Amnesty International, Ana Picking, said to Cooperative what “the conclusions that were made known by the high commissioner are actually similar to those of all international organizations, intergovernmental and non-governmental, that we investigated the issue at the time, including AI.
“To deny that this happened within the framework of the social outbreak or to say that they depend on what the courts say is simply to try to cover the Sun with a finger, leaving the victims without recognition or reparation and delaying the adoption of non-repetition measures, “said the observer.
“A separate thing is that the corresponding criminal investigations must be carried out to identify those responsible for these events,” he added.
