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…
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“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…
Masista horde attacked Camacho’s Lawyer and the Civic vice president | Horda masista atacó al Abogado de Camacho y al vicepresidente Cívico
By Lidia Mamani, Eju.tv: Group of self-convened individuals attack Camacho’s lawyer and the civic vice president after hearing in La Paz The incident took place Friday afternoon, following a precautionary hearing that sought to modify Camacho’s preventive detention in the Coup d’État I case. After the hearing to request a modification of precautionary measures for…
Documentary on Illegal Gold Mining in Yanacachi Narrates Violence and Criminalization Behind Extractivism | Documental sobre la minería ilegal del oro en Yanacachi narra la violencia y criminalización tras el extractivismo
By Erbol: AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS AMBIENTALES Under the title Illegal Gold Mining in Yanacachi: From Attacks on Environmental Defenders to the Criminalization of Flower Producers, the documentary by Jimena Mercado and Adriana Gutiérrez narrates, in 45 minutes, the multiple socio-environmental impacts of extractive activities in the pre-Columbian municipality, as well as the systematic attacks on defenders…
Repression and manipulation take the place of truth in the country | Represión y manipulación suplen a la verdad en el país
By El Diario: In the face of irregular arrests In light of irregularities denounced in the arrests of lawyer Jorge Valda and others implicated in an alleged coup conspiracy, the citizen group Sovereignty and Freedom (Sol.bo), through an official statement, warns that “Bolivia is heading down a dangerous path of democratic regression” in which repression…
Jorge Valda embraced his wife after being declared free | Jorge Valda se fundió en un abrazo con su esposa tras declararse su libertad
By Unitel Digital: Valda’s release was ordered this Saturday following a virtual hearing held in the city of La Paz, in accordance with the court’s ruling Jorge Valda was taken to La Paz for his hearing In a virtual hearing, Judge Eddy Junior Flores ordered the release of lawyer Jorge Valda, who had been apprehended…
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