Human Rights Institute without funding after budget approval
On Nov. 17, Chile’s lower house of Congress approved the first budget of President Gabriel Boric’s government. The opposition got its way: a reduction of...
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Senator Fabiola Campillai sues government for personal injury
Senator Fabiola Campillai filed a CLP$2.2 billion tort lawsuit against the Chilean State. In November 2019, she was hit in the face by a police...
Michelle Bachelet to return to Chile when UN post ends
Former president Michelle Bachelet announced on Monday, June 13, that she would not be seeking a second term as UN High Commissioner of Human Rights....
Amnesty International meets Boric, discuss human rights
An Amnesty international delegation met with Gabriel Boric in order to present an agenda centered around improving the state of human rights in Latin America....
Amnesty International releases annual report
Amnesty International just released its latest annual report on human rights. The section on Chile mentions ongoing issues such as estallido prisoners, police violence, the...
Chinese conglomerate in Chile ignores human rights, report says
An NGO collective focused on Chinese foreign investments published a report, claiming the Chinese owner of the Rucalhue hydroelectric dam in south Chile is ignoring...
UN slams Chile’s ‘excessive’ use of pretrial detention
SANTIAGO – In a recent report on the 2019 social uprising, the UN criticizes the overuse of pretrial detention. The institution also questions discrepancies in...
Investigative commission seeks a “total transformation” of the police
A Congressional commission has concluded that Chile’s national police force did not respect human rights during the social outbreak of 2019. The commission is asking...
Afghan in Chile: “Please listen to our voices and helps us”
Afghanistan has been experiencing a severe social-political crisis since the Taliban came to power. Today thousands of Afghans around the world look at this situation...
Italy requests extradition of former Operation Condor soldiers
The lawyers of former Chilean military officials never responded to an in absentia ruling by Rome’s appellate court. In 2019, the court sentenced three officials...