Chile: Indigenous children among the injured after violent eviction

Headline Title:  Chile: Indigenous children among the injured after violent eviction 30 July 2012 The Chilean authorities must initiate a thorough, independent investigation into the police use of force during and after an eviction that resulted in a dozen Indigenous community members – including children – being detained, with many suffering injuries, Amnesty International said. On 23 July, police officers (carabineros) reportedly moved in to evict a group of Mapuche Indigenous people who a day earlier had occupied a plot of agricultural land in Ercilla – 600 km south of Santiago…

© Amnestie Internationale - lundi 30 juillet 2012