In its annual human rights report, the United States noted that Argentina’s justice system is “slow and politicized.”

The Office for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of United States Department of State issued a severe report on the human rights situation in Argentina between 2019 and 2020, when cases of alleged institutional abuse are mentioned, among them, the disappearance of young people Facundo Astudillo Castro in the province of Buenos Aires, the murder of Valentino Blas suspenders in Cordoba, the murder of Jorge Martín Gómez in the City of Buenos Aires, the situation in prisons and “arbitrary” detentions during quarantine. There the government of Joe biden warns against the “impunity“, the “Corruption“And the performance of a”slow and politicized justice system that impedes efforts to investigate abuses“.

The report, which is annual and covers all countries of the world, was posted on Monday. In the first section of the section on Argentina, entitled “Respect for the integrity of persons, including liberty”, the report states that “There have been several reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings by the Government or its agents” and mentions the case of Valentino Blas suspenders, the 17-year-old murdered in Cordoba, and the murder of Jorge Martin Gomez in the City of Buenos Aires. He also points out that the Committee against Torture of the Buenos Aires Remembrance Commission reported 134 deaths in 2019 due to “excess police force”In the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires. And he quotes an NGO that reported that there was 401 deaths this year caused by the police forces. “Both organizations agree that investigations into police violence and the use of lethal force in the province were limited.”, the report held.

The report also mentions the case of the disappearance of Facundo Astudillo Castro, in April. In the section titled “Disappearances,” he notes that this happened “shortly after police arrested him for violating the COVID-19 quarantine.” In another passage, he says: “Argentine law provides for the prohibition of torture and penalties similar to homicide, but there have been reports that police and prison officials have tortured prisoners. ” And concludes: “Impunity continues to be a major problem in security forces at all levels. Corruption and a slow and politicized justice system hamper efforts to investigate abuse. The Government generally denounces reports of abuse and endeavors to train the military and security forces at all levels in human rights, including online pandemic training ”.

The United States government is also tough on the situation in prisons. He concludes that “they are often severe due to overcrowding, poor medical care and unsanitary conditions.” And he points out that “there have been reports of forcible transfers and recurrent use of solitary confinement as a method of punishment, especially in the province of Buenos Aires, which is home to more than half of the country’s incarcerated population ”.

In one passage, he reports that in August 2019, Buenos Aires city police arrested three African street vendors for selling contraband goods and that “Local groups representing workers in the informal sector denounced that the arrests were unnecessary and involved excessive use of force.” And he cites a 2019 United Nations report that “He noted how migrants from Africa, especially street vendors, have been pointed out as the mainstays of arbitrary arrests and police violence.”

In addition, notes that human rights organizations have denounced arbitrary and “unregistered” arrests as part of the national quarantine against COVID-19: “The police were accused of failing to register the arrests, of treating detainees with excessive force and of placing them in places of detention which threatened their health.” In this context, he cites the case of the woman who was arrested in Bariloche to walk her dog.

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