By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Why Do the COB and Other Actors Keep Blockading? The media speaks of social actors on the move—miners, peasants, teachers, COB leaders—with the same revolutionary tone heard at the beginning of the millennium. It would seem we are talking about the same actors. They are not. Those earlier marchers moved with an…
Tag: human rights
Arce Era: Prominent Figures Jailed Without Justice | Era Arce: líderes encarcelados sin justicia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: During the administration of Arce, prominent figures were imprisoned without their complaints of injustice and mistreatment being heard. Among the former authorities who remained in prison for several years are former president Jeanine Áñez; the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho; former Ministers of Justice Álvaro Coimbra and of…
Amparo Carvajal regains the APDHB headquarters: “Truth and justice are the only things that make us free” | Amparo Carvajal recupera la sede de la APDHB: “La verdad y la justicia es lo único que nos hace libres”
By Fernando Chávez, Visión 360: Historic “They are not returning the house to Amparo, it is your house (…). We are all different, but we must have a single objective: truth and justice,” said the human rights defender. Amparo Carvajal, with the president, this Thursday at the APDHB offices. Photos: APG President Rodrigo Paz arrived…
Áñez and 12 others accused in the Senkata case released; victims protest | Áñez y otros 12 acusados del caso Senkata logran salir en libertad y las víctimas protestan
By Marco Antonio Chuquimia, El Deber: Senkata victims were present at the hearing Some of the accused who are abroad attended virtually. In the same hearing, the judge ordered that Jeanine Áñez be tried through a trial of responsibilities. The Fourth Sentencing Court of El Alto declared itself incompetent to hear the case against former…
Debate: Was preventive detention during the MAS era used as a weapon of political persecution? | ¿La detención preventiva en la era del MAS fue usada como arma de persecución política?
By Mauricio Quiroz, El Deber: At least 30,000 preventive detainees exist in the country. Councilor Spencer said that there is an order to review all cases throughout the national territory. The issue of preventive detention in Bolivia has returned to the center of debate after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) decided to order a…
“Elections Have Consequences”: Tuto Calls on Paz to Support Political Prisoners’ Right to Defend Themselves in Freedom | “Las elecciones tienen consecuencias”: Tuto pide manifestarse a Paz para que presos políticos se defiendan en libertad
By Unitel: Following the Supreme Court’s directive, the presidential candidate of the Libre Alliance stated that this is a step toward restoring justice for political prisoners and the politically persecuted Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga is the presidential candidate for the Libre Alliance After the Supreme Court of Justice issued an order to review the cases against…
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