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Authorities In Chile Must Guarantee The Health Of The Prison Population Against COVID-19
Chilean authorities must speed up the implementation of measures to reduce prison overcrowding and provide all essential services to prevent cases of COVID-19 in the country's prisons, Amnesty International said…
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Visit in Chile Represents a Historic Opportunity for the Defense of Human Rights
The in loco visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is fundamental for the protection and guarantee of human rights in Chile, said Amnesty International in response to…
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Chile: Life of imprisoned Indigenous leader is in imminent danger
In response to the dry hunger strike that Machi Celestino Córdova, a Mapuche spiritual leader who is currently imprisoned, convicted of homicide induced by arson, has begun in protest of…
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6 reasons why we still need International Women’s Day
Women and girls may have scaled unimaginable heights in politics, science, arts, sports and business, but they are still struggling. Not just for equal pay, which is a concern on…
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How Some of the World’s Most Restrictive Abortion Laws Turn Women Into Criminals
Ireland, El Salvador, and Chile share a deplorable commonality — the governments of all three countries have enacted draconian and harmful abortion laws that put women’s and girls’ lives at…
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Lucky To Be Alive – Despite Paraguay’s Restrictive Abortion Laws
Mainumby is lucky to be alive. But unfortunately, this issue is far from being isolated to Paraguay – Chile and the Dominican Republic are two of a handful of countries…
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It’s Time for Chile to Change Its Restrictive Abortion Laws
By Leah Schmidt, Identity and Discrimination Unit, Amnesty International USA In July 2013, an 11-year-old girl became pregnant after having been raped repeatedly for two years by her stepfather. However,…
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New hopes for justice in Chile for Pinochet-era victims after charges and arrests
News that a Chilean judge is charging 10 former military officers for the killing of singer and political activist VÃctor Jara in 1973 and that seven others have been arrested…
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Chile Might Be Reforming Its Total Abortion Ban
This extreme restriction on women's reproductive health rights not only conflicts with international law, it also puts the lives of countless women and girls at risk.
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Life Under Pinochet: ‘I Remember Being Shown Some Very Severe Signs of Torture’
Roger returned to London after eight days in Chile to write one of the first reports that documented the shocking abuses taking place under Pinochet's rule.