Tag: police repression

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Colombia: Duque announces disciplinary actions against those involved in brutal repression

  

  Colombian authorities have taken up disciplinary actions against 65 police officers for acts of brutality allegedly committed while repressing demonstrations against the national government's tax reform bill and which eventually escalated as human rights and other demands were added.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile's top cop resigns following the shooting of two minors by security forces

  

  Chile's police chief resigned on Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Santiago graffiti underline protests' spirit “Never again will they have the comfort of our silence”

  

  A month of intense protests against inequality and police repression in Santiago have transformed the Chilean capital’s streetscape into a caterwaul of graffiti whose messages reflect the deep discontent in this once genteel Latin American city.