Re: Bolivia
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:05 pm
MASSACRES AND PERSECUTION AFTER THE COUP: KEYS TO THE GIEI-BOLIVIA REPORT
21 Aug 2021 , 7:26 am .
The massacres of Sacaba and Senkata in 2019 were responsibilities attributed to the coup government of Áñez (Photo: Luisa González / Reuters)
After the coup d'état in Bolivia against Evo Morales in 2019, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) made a visit to that country at the end of that year to review the use of force by the police and military by the de facto government. led by Jeanine Áñez.
As a result of that visit, the IACHR, together with the Plurinational State of Bolivia, created the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia) to carry out the pertinent investigations on the human rights violations that occurred in Bolivia between 1 September and December 31, 2019.
The executive secretary of the GIEI-Bolivia was Jaime Vidal, who had a large technical team of different nationalities, coordinated by five different experts in the field of human rights. These were based on the collection of testimonies from the victims, those involved and witnesses in the violent events.
The report consists of eight chapters; Below we will provide a general review of this, the context and beginnings of which are discussed in Chapter 2, taking into account the strike organized by the coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho, the role of the Organization of American States (OAS), political tensions, forced resignation of the then president Evo Morales and the consolidation of the coup.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE
In the report, an X-ray was made of the human rights violations in different areas of Bolivia. For experts, the department of Santa Cruz was the focus of tensions of the events in question and was also the area that experienced the most acts of violence, with injuries and two deaths on October 30, 2019 .
In Cochabamba, the specialists pointed out three elements of the conflict in that territory.
The Cochala Youth Resistance Organization (RJC) is classified in the report as a shock group and the tactic used in the 2019 demonstrations was based on the transfer with motorcycles using handmade bazookas or other explosive devices to attack the followers of the Movement. to Socialism (MAS). It is recalled that this organization carried out destruction to the facilities of the Bolivian Attorney General's Office in October 2020.
In March 2021, an arrest warrant was issued to the leader of the RJC, Yassir Molina.
The police riot that occurred in November 2019 that demanded the dismissal of the departmental commander at that time and immediately the rebels received the support of the RJC. This was a key event in triggering the violence.
The burning of the Wiphala, indigenous flag and symbol of the protests in favor of the government of Evo Morales.
In reference to the RCJ, the GIEI-Bolivia had access to more than 20 videos that prove that members of the RCJ were the protagonists of acts of violence and discrimination.
This section includes the aggression made by more than 300 people to the mayor of the town of Vinto, María Patricia Arce Guzmán . The mayor was beaten with sticks until she lost consciousness, stones were thrown at her, she walked barefoot on glass and other attacks.
Patricia Arce pointed out to the GIEI-Bolivia that while they were forcibly taking her away, "the police were there." His testimony coincided with the video to which the GIEI had access, in which it is observed that, while the mayor was attacked, several police officers watched the scene without taking protection or safeguard measures.
Based on these and other facts, the GIEI explains that the police and the Armed Forces maintained a conduct outside of their institutional principles, due to the omission of certain attacks and in the operations they highlighted the disproportionate use of force and repression , concluding that there were clearly human rights violations.
In this context, one of the first actions implemented by the de facto government of Jeanine Áñez was the promulgation of Supreme Decree 4078 , which gave the Armed Forces carte blanche to attack the Bolivian people with total impunity.
Likewise, the investigation adds the events in La Paz, El Alto and other cities, which roughly all have the common denominator of wounded and murdered in the acts of violence in the heat of the coup in Bolivia.
After conducting a meticulous investigation based on audiovisual materials, testimonies and technical analysis, it is evident that the behavior of police personnel, including the doctor, was biased by racial, ethnic and political criteria, so the GIEI-Bolivia indicated 11 conclusions, having as a consideration that the demonstrations were based on attacks, looting and burning of public facilities.
It should also be noted that discrimination actions were carried out against indigenous peoples. The insults and attacks on symbols of indigenous identity demonstrate this. The GIEI group of specialists adds concern about a particularity of these acts, and that is that the majority were directed towards indigenous women.
Broadly speaking, the conclusions of the research are:
*At least 37 people lost their lives and hundreds of people were injured, with the participation of the Police and the Armed Forces, who separately or in joint operations used force disproportionately.
*The GIEI asks the victims for justice to carry out the process of social recomposition.
*The protests and blockades in the streets were carried out under the leadership of politicians, they were not spontaneous actions.
*The political discourse took on racial overtones, opting for discrimination against the indigenous people.
*Lack of confidence in the administration of justice and the security forces.
*It is essential that progress is made in investigations and judicial processes.
*For the GIEI, the constant mobilizations of society that seek to influence the State apparatus often generate conflicts between groups.
*Finally, the GIEI-Bolivia also formulates a list of recommendations on the investigative product. As a first step, it points out the need to implement a victim care plan. This is supported by the recommendation to the Public Ministry to develop an investigation strategy and that it be applied to all human rights violations.
On Tuesday August 17, President Luis Arce received the GIEI-Bolivia report announcing that the government will apply the suggested recommendations. President Arce highlighted that the report narrates the self-proclamation of Jeanine Áñez as de facto president of Bolivia and how this unleashed a series of discriminatory actions, revealing the consummation of the coup against Evo Morales and the persecution of the MAS.
The Bolivian president reported that Supreme Decree 4461, which gave amnesty to those involved in the acts of violence, will soon be repealed to avoid impunity.
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21 Aug 2021 , 7:26 am .
The massacres of Sacaba and Senkata in 2019 were responsibilities attributed to the coup government of Áñez (Photo: Luisa González / Reuters)
After the coup d'état in Bolivia against Evo Morales in 2019, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) made a visit to that country at the end of that year to review the use of force by the police and military by the de facto government. led by Jeanine Áñez.
As a result of that visit, the IACHR, together with the Plurinational State of Bolivia, created the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia) to carry out the pertinent investigations on the human rights violations that occurred in Bolivia between 1 September and December 31, 2019.
The executive secretary of the GIEI-Bolivia was Jaime Vidal, who had a large technical team of different nationalities, coordinated by five different experts in the field of human rights. These were based on the collection of testimonies from the victims, those involved and witnesses in the violent events.
The report consists of eight chapters; Below we will provide a general review of this, the context and beginnings of which are discussed in Chapter 2, taking into account the strike organized by the coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho, the role of the Organization of American States (OAS), political tensions, forced resignation of the then president Evo Morales and the consolidation of the coup.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE
In the report, an X-ray was made of the human rights violations in different areas of Bolivia. For experts, the department of Santa Cruz was the focus of tensions of the events in question and was also the area that experienced the most acts of violence, with injuries and two deaths on October 30, 2019 .
In Cochabamba, the specialists pointed out three elements of the conflict in that territory.
The Cochala Youth Resistance Organization (RJC) is classified in the report as a shock group and the tactic used in the 2019 demonstrations was based on the transfer with motorcycles using handmade bazookas or other explosive devices to attack the followers of the Movement. to Socialism (MAS). It is recalled that this organization carried out destruction to the facilities of the Bolivian Attorney General's Office in October 2020.
In March 2021, an arrest warrant was issued to the leader of the RJC, Yassir Molina.
The police riot that occurred in November 2019 that demanded the dismissal of the departmental commander at that time and immediately the rebels received the support of the RJC. This was a key event in triggering the violence.
The burning of the Wiphala, indigenous flag and symbol of the protests in favor of the government of Evo Morales.
In reference to the RCJ, the GIEI-Bolivia had access to more than 20 videos that prove that members of the RCJ were the protagonists of acts of violence and discrimination.
This section includes the aggression made by more than 300 people to the mayor of the town of Vinto, María Patricia Arce Guzmán . The mayor was beaten with sticks until she lost consciousness, stones were thrown at her, she walked barefoot on glass and other attacks.
Patricia Arce pointed out to the GIEI-Bolivia that while they were forcibly taking her away, "the police were there." His testimony coincided with the video to which the GIEI had access, in which it is observed that, while the mayor was attacked, several police officers watched the scene without taking protection or safeguard measures.
Based on these and other facts, the GIEI explains that the police and the Armed Forces maintained a conduct outside of their institutional principles, due to the omission of certain attacks and in the operations they highlighted the disproportionate use of force and repression , concluding that there were clearly human rights violations.
In this context, one of the first actions implemented by the de facto government of Jeanine Áñez was the promulgation of Supreme Decree 4078 , which gave the Armed Forces carte blanche to attack the Bolivian people with total impunity.
Likewise, the investigation adds the events in La Paz, El Alto and other cities, which roughly all have the common denominator of wounded and murdered in the acts of violence in the heat of the coup in Bolivia.
After conducting a meticulous investigation based on audiovisual materials, testimonies and technical analysis, it is evident that the behavior of police personnel, including the doctor, was biased by racial, ethnic and political criteria, so the GIEI-Bolivia indicated 11 conclusions, having as a consideration that the demonstrations were based on attacks, looting and burning of public facilities.
It should also be noted that discrimination actions were carried out against indigenous peoples. The insults and attacks on symbols of indigenous identity demonstrate this. The GIEI group of specialists adds concern about a particularity of these acts, and that is that the majority were directed towards indigenous women.
Broadly speaking, the conclusions of the research are:
*At least 37 people lost their lives and hundreds of people were injured, with the participation of the Police and the Armed Forces, who separately or in joint operations used force disproportionately.
*The GIEI asks the victims for justice to carry out the process of social recomposition.
*The protests and blockades in the streets were carried out under the leadership of politicians, they were not spontaneous actions.
*The political discourse took on racial overtones, opting for discrimination against the indigenous people.
*Lack of confidence in the administration of justice and the security forces.
*It is essential that progress is made in investigations and judicial processes.
*For the GIEI, the constant mobilizations of society that seek to influence the State apparatus often generate conflicts between groups.
*Finally, the GIEI-Bolivia also formulates a list of recommendations on the investigative product. As a first step, it points out the need to implement a victim care plan. This is supported by the recommendation to the Public Ministry to develop an investigation strategy and that it be applied to all human rights violations.
On Tuesday August 17, President Luis Arce received the GIEI-Bolivia report announcing that the government will apply the suggested recommendations. President Arce highlighted that the report narrates the self-proclamation of Jeanine Áñez as de facto president of Bolivia and how this unleashed a series of discriminatory actions, revealing the consummation of the coup against Evo Morales and the persecution of the MAS.
The Bolivian president reported that Supreme Decree 4461, which gave amnesty to those involved in the acts of violence, will soon be repealed to avoid impunity.
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