El Diario: The People’s Defender backed the UN Special Rapporteur A judge in Oruro rejected the action brought by indigenous people from Totoral Chico. While the People’s Defender joined the concern of the United Nations Rapporteur regarding the persecution of environmental rights defenders in Bolivia, this Thursday, in Oruro, Judge Odal Herrera, acting as a…
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Jeanine Añez lashes out at the Justice system and sees “impunity” from Morales for the 2019 crisis | Jeanine Añez arremete contra la Justicia y ve “impunidad” de Morales por crisis de 2019
Three Years After Her Arrest Former President of the State, Jeanine Añez Chávez, has spent three years detained in La Paz, accused of having taken power through “a coup” after the resignation of former President Evo Morales. In a letter posted on her social media, the former leader requested her release and that of other…
Indigenous Bolivian Women Take Up Taekwondo Against Gender-based Violence | Mujeres indígenas bolivianas practican taekwondo contra la violencia de género
By Esther Mamani, AFP, Barron’s: A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta told AFP she would have died if neighbors had not come out…
Carvajal resumes her vigil for the Apdhb | Carvajal reanuda su vigilia por la Apdhb
El Potosi: REQUESTS THAT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INSTITUTION BE GIVEN TO HER ACTIVIST. Amparo Carvajal. PHOTO: ARCHIVE The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Amparo Carvajal, once again set up a vigil in La Paz to demand that the institution’s property be handed over to her. “That house is…
Charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez | Cargos de sedición y conspiración contra Añez
Erbol, El Diario: Prosecutor’s Office withdraws charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez in Coup I case The Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the dismissal of the former president of the State, Jeanine Añez Chávez, for the crimes of sedition and conspiracy in the case called coup d’état I, in which she still must face a…
Áñez’s preventive detention extended for 9th time due to 2019 Bolivia crisis | Prolongan por novena vez prisión preventiva de Áñez por crisis de Bolivia de 2019
Alaska Commons: The Bolivian Justice Department has extended the preventive detention of former interim president Jeanine Áñez for the ninth time. This is in relation to the case known as ‘coup d’état I’ in which she is accused of terrorism and complicity in the political and social crisis of 2019 in Bolivia. Áñez expressed her…
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