Repression at the consulate of Chile: investigation and release …

Violeta was released recently after spending 20 hours in prison. "They took us to the foot, they hit me in the head, we did not eat all night," said FOL activist (group of fighting organizations) questioned on Monday. others of his companions after the crackdown unleashed before the demonstration. in solidarity with the Chilean people, summoned by leftist groups and kirchnerists before the defendant of this country. A CELS member was also released, charged with damages and resistance to the authority. Who the police tried to break his mobile phone to destroy the pictures of his arrests.

"We do not know what Myriam Selhi's fate will be," said the lawyer, Diego Morales, director of litigation at the Center for Legal and Social Studies, speaking about a woman 40 years of Canadian nationality but established in Argentina. who works in the communication area of ​​this body. Shortly before 3:30 pm, she was released after making an investigation statement, as did the other five inmates. According to Morales, none of the detainees had to do with the incidents, which coincides with what some protesters from various organizations consulted by Page I12 regarding, again, the presence of infiltrators. From the FOL, the FIT unit and the mothers of the Plaza de Mayo LF had demanded the immediate release of their peers and other detainees assisted by the public defense.

Selhi was arrested while taking photos of the arrests, Morales said. She was arrested at 19 and they were able to chat with her only at 23, after which she was transferred from Alcaidía 8, to Villa Lugano, to the Palermo prosecutor's office. . "Recording episodes of repression and detention is an essential act of democracy.He told us that she felt stuck in police motorcycles, in this displacement, she saw that they were arresting People who were moving with her, and she started taking pictures as a protective reaction of these people, "explained the CELS lawyer.

"The policeman told him," What are you doing, go to work, "but soon after, he asks for the mobile phone, walks on it, and hits it. where they stop another person from recovering it, then give it to him, because is the proof of the pursuit, "he said. "We would like to point out that, unfortunately, the situation of press workers is not new, they insist on arresting and criminalizing them." In fact, in 2017, cases of nerve to journalists have been reported. In 2018, arrests and accusations still weigh on them.

The photos of Selhi would be evidence of damage that the detainees would not have committed. In the Correpi (coordinator against police and institutional repression), they call it the "combo": damage, resistance to authority or attacks and injuries, with their different combinations.

Monday's demonstration aimed to support the mobilization of the Chilean people against Sebastián Piñera's tariffs and the raging repression in the neighboring country. The event was planned for 18 years, before the concentration of various social organizations and Chilean residents in Argentina. Moments before the start of the bullfights, the assault against the press workers and the usual appearance of the repressive forces of Patricia Bullrich. A few minutes later, the infantry corps of the municipal police, the motorized division, arrived and began hunting the police.