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Human Rights Commission denounces Chilean Carabineros for ‘disproportionate use of force’

Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 15:01 UTC
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denounced Chile’s Carabineros over the “disproportionate” repression of student protesters, which in some cases it described as “incompatible” with a functioning democracy. Read full article

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  • ManRod

    it's true, Chilean carabineros are not the softest in such situations
    (neither they are the worst, the New York Police for example was much harder agains the recent Occupy Movement @ Wall Street and Oakland), but considering that Chilean protesters (aka rioters) do not need to hide in that “violence” scale. I would say it's proportional.

    How do you want to control an agressive and public destroying mob... throwing pillows?

    Nov 03rd, 2011 - 05:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Sergio Vega

    The first thing that I will say is that this commission is ruled by the leftist and they don´t act as a justice board buy as a political board, so i´t opinions are not valids.
    The second is that those “students” are extremely violent, using stones amd rocks thrown against Carabineros de Chile, regular pedestrians walking their ways, business and houses windows, puting on fire private cars, breaking public signagae and furniture, etc., etc., being aggravated by the fact that they act hiding their faces.....so the most Chilean think Carabineros even is too soft considering the enviroment that those offenders have been creating in our streets....
    Harder laws must be passed to the Congres to make easier to judges to condemn them to highest penalties equivalent to the dammages they have provoked.
    Fortunately, Carabineros de Chile is one of the most recognized institutions all around the country due it serious and responsible way to do it work.
    Shame on that stupid “human right commission” members yhat just take care of that offenders instead all the population of the country and the police health...

    Nov 04th, 2011 - 12:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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