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On Tuesday afternoon, the Defense Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, ruled on a Supreme Court ruling that ordered the government to protect the right to protest, in the face of systematic attacks by the Public Force.
(Context: Court orders the right to protest against systematic attacks to be protecteds)
Trujillo said that they learned, through the media, of the ruling of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court “related, among other matters, to the right to peaceful and democratic demonstration and the action of the legitimate Public Force, with respect to expressions violence that may take place as a result of the massive presence of citizens in the streets “.
The minister went on to say that this ruling has 170 pages, so they will proceed to get the full text of the decision to study it.
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He pointed out that they will analyze it in depth, “with every detail, to have, as a result of that judicious, calm and detailed study, a position on the matter that, naturally, will be made known to the public opinion “.
In its decision, the Supreme Court studied a tutela presented by several citizens who consider that on the part of the Government and Esmad there have been “systematic attacks” that threaten their right to demonstrate.
The high court protected the rights to freedom of expression and to peaceful and non-violent protest, and censured “all the violent and irrational ways of formulating claims for the protection of rights”.
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When reviewing the arguments, evidence and elements provided by the citizens, the Court found that the Government and the Police They have violated the rights to free and peaceful protest, in the face of arbitrary and violent actions to prevent demonstrations.
Likewise, he said that the Government has disproportionately used lethal and chemical weapons and has arbitrarily, illegally or abusively detained those who exercise their right to protest, in addition to stigmatizing people who “in a moderate way” come out to question, refute and criticize the work of the Government.
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The Court, consequently, ordered President Iván Duque, the Ministry of Defense and the Police, among other entities, “to adopt actions to guarantee the exercise of the right to peaceful and non-destructive protest”, to restructure the use of force, discontinue use of 12-gauge shotguns from Esmad, and offer public apologies for excesses in last year’s National Strike.
Already in January of this year the Attorney General’s Office had asked the Police to suspend the use of 12-gauge shotguns, although that request had not been answered. That was the weapon with which, last November, they shot the student Dilan Cruz, who died from wounds from the projectile fired by Captain Manuel Cubillos, from Esmad.
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