Via Werken Noticias: Mapuche Political Prisoners of the CAM incarcerated in Valdivia begin a hunger strike
PUBLIC STATEMENT PPM CAM VALDIVIA
The Mapuche Political Prisoners (PPM) of the CAM,
Jorge Caniupil Coña, Luis Fuenzalida Eneros, Pelentaro Llaitul Pezoa, Carlos Mardones Sáez and Luis Menares Chanilao, held in the LLancahue prison of Valdivia, declare the following:
– KIÑE: That, yesterday we were transferred to said center, by instruction of the Judge of Guarantee of Lautaro, Eduardo Pérez, who based his decision on distorted information, delivered by Gendarmería de Chile (GENCHI) [TN: the prison administration], ignoring the report delivered by the INDH (attached).
– EPU: That, the above violates our rights, banishing us and distancing us from our families and communities, which aggravates our preventive imprisonment.
– KÜLA: We hold the government of Gabriel Boric and the Undersecretary of Justice, Jaime Gajardo Falcón, on whom GENCHI depends, politically responsible.
– MELI: For the above, we have resolved to initiate, as of tomorrow 27-11-2022, a hunger strike in demand of: Read more…