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Twelve Bolivian organizations issue joint statement calling out simultaneous impunity for human rights violations, a "disastrous" judicial system, and "escalating criminalization as a governing strategy." @MiguelMirandaBo/1375944660334563334Permalink On twitter.com
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The signing organizations' credentials range from long-time supporters of grassroots efforts, to independent media, to the NGO establishment.Permalink On twitter.com
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The letter offers a re-framing of the current political standoff from centering on the incarceration of ex-president Áñez to three systemic failures…Permalink On twitter.com
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1. "Cancer-like" "accumulated impunity for severe violations of human rights" including those during the 2019 crisis, and stretching from February 2003 to the present.Permalink On twitter.com
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2. "The state of disaster in the judicial system," including its "manipulation [by] and subordination to [whichever] governing party in power."Permalink On twitter.com
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3. "The escalation of criminalization and judicialization [of politics] is being consolidated as a strategy of persecution of all organizations not linked to the government taking its turn in power."Permalink On twitter.com
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Given these, a call for separation of powers, investigations of human rights violations to be accompanied by outsiders, and a "reconciliation based in justice, commitment to human rights, and impartial investigation of the facts."On twitter.com