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Abuse of Chilean indigenous peoples questioned by human rights organizations
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) spoke out against human rights violations in the Araucanía region in south-central Chile on Thursday, calling on the government to investigate the chain of events last week resulting in the injuries of two minors by police bullets. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe abuvusive behaviour start fron the parents of those kids, nearly the legal majority age in Chile at 18, that used to hide behind them when they attack private properties nad thir owners, mainly little farmers that have wasted a life to get their properties in good shape.....
Aug 06th, 2012 - 10:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Those parents attitude is from irresponsible people that must be not allowed to take care of their kids....because they are teaching them on violence and exposing them to the peace control meassures from the authority through the police forces as the Chilean Constitution demand to keep safe the people that is doing the job to give to their families a good life and to the country a better developement, peacefully and hardworking.
When somebody throw stones with slingshots, makes shots with a gun, put on fire a house or barracks, block the raods with big stones, trees and burning tires to isolate the quiet little farmer´s families to intimidate them, then the authorities response is well known wherever you were....to restore the order and to protect the victims from the cowards attacks.....Is it what Human Right pursue, isn´t it? Have those farmers and their families Human Rights too, haven´t them? Or...Are the Human Rights just for those that are supported by left wing NGO's and Gvts. as those indigenous are...?? The most of the indigenous
What about Human Rights abuses in Venezuela and Cuba? Why doesn't Inter-American Commission on Human Rights publicise those as often as they occur (proportionally?). I am aware that MercoPress only reports on South Cone issues; however, it is only too obvious how IACHR requieres excessive proofs for Human Rights abuses when they occur in leftist governments in order to take action. On the other hand, when they occur in right leaning countries, they do not hesitate to anounce anything that might hint a human right abuse. Too many leftist leaders have never been cited by the international human rights courts, whereas their counterparts are constantly being cited. I request for IACHR to be impartial and publicise all cases with the same fervor; please leave personal political inclinations aside.
Aug 07th, 2012 - 03:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's never in your house that the human rights are abused,and it's always the behaviour of the indigenous that's the issue.
Aug 07th, 2012 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You need to stand in the shoes of the abused,even if its your imagination,for a while instead of blaming the abused.Thats another facet of abuse
It is important to know if the abused people REALLY are Mapuches.
Aug 07th, 2012 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In February a Mapuche policeman was shot and killed by a Chilean terrorist from the Lautarista organization, this organization “supports” Mapuche rights in Chile, but happily comes over the border to Argentina to kill a Mapuche policeman.
The whole thing about human rights is the ALL people have them regardless of their politics, but the Human Rights organizations that we have created believe that only left wingers have human rights.
Now that the Star of left wing Government, Hugo Chávez, has told us that the IACHR is a corrupt and useless organization where do the left wingers stand, a very interesting situation!!!
I agree Simon68, a very interesting situation! Chavez is indeed affiliated to the left-wing; however, anybody that dares to critisize him falls under his disfavor regardless of political views; because foremost Chavez is a megalomaniac, his ideology comes in second.
Aug 07th, 2012 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well start talking human rights and leave political leanings out of it.
Aug 07th, 2012 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can use genetics to determine whether some one is what he claims to be,but don't start saying how someone.
Simon:
Aug 07th, 2012 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“In February a Mapuche policeman was shot and killed by a Chilean terrorist from the Lautarista organization, this organization “supports” Mapuche rights in Chile, but happily comes over the border to Argentina to kill a Mapuche policeman.”
Do you have any information about this? Who was this guy? I hope Cristina does not offer him “asylum” and a marriage into the staff of the casa rosada, like it happened with Apablaza.
7 ManRod (#)
Aug 08th, 2012 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The murderer's name is Antonio Salazar Oporto, so far nothing has been said or done by the Federal Government about this, there has been a constant manhunt in the area since February, but no arrests.
The local authorities believe that the murderer and his companion were helped by Mapuches living here in Argentina, as the manhunt has come up with nothing.
What's the problem here with this incident in Neuquen.
Aug 08th, 2012 - 07:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It was a killing,which of course,isn't good,but they happen all the time.Historically for a Mapuche,Neuquen and southern Chile were not separate countries in the sense they are today.The killer coming from Chile and killing in Argentina is exceptional in what way?A mirista killing a policeman is exceptional in what way?the policeman being Mapuche is significant in what way?
I don't understand the point being raised here.
9 Yuleno (#)
Aug 09th, 2012 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The point is that Antonio Salazar Oporto, a non Mapuche mirista who claims to be supporting the Mapuche nation, kills a memeber of the nation he purports to support just because he works as a policeman.
If you don't see any incoherence in this situation, you have a very strange outlook on life and death!!!!!
Shall we call it an execution.Then it is political and not criminal in the normal sense in which a murder is viewed.
Aug 09th, 2012 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know you won't agree 10#,because you want to emphasise the senselessness of the event.Perhaps you could think of other senseless incident,such as some of Pinochets crimes,and use the same approach to viewing them.Remember that some killings send messages rather than have personal justification.I can think of many across a broad range of political spectrums
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