Report: Chile Represses Mapuche people, but Number of Mapuche Criminally...
According to the Ethics Commission Against Torture’s (la Comisión Ética contra la Tortura) annual report, the Chilean Government continues to repress the Mapuche people, however, the number of Mapuche...
View ArticleFIDH Representatives Visit Chile to Observe Treatment of Mapuche People
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), which is an umbrella organization for more than 160 human rights organizations globally, sent several representatives to Chile to monitor and...
View ArticleCommission for the Rights of the Mapuche Holds First Meeting
On Thursday, July 21st, the Commission for the Rights of the Mapuche held its first meeting in Concepción. The Commission was created to address the issues of the Mapuche people, especially with...
View ArticleMapuche Case to Go Before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights
According to attorney Jaime Madariaga, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights will hear the case of Aniceto Norin and Pascual Pichún — two Mapuche leaders (lonkos) who were convicted of making...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Director Concludes: Strong Evidence of Police Abuse...
On Wednesday, August 24th, the Commission for the Rights of the Mapuche held its second meeting — this time in Concepción. In attendance at this meeting was José Miguel Vivanco, the Director for Human...
View ArticleCourt Acquits Two Mapuche of Charges Under Antiterrorism Law
On Friday, September 30th, a Temuco Court acquit two Mapuche men – Luis Tralcal and Mauricio Huaiquilao — of a number of crimes, including charges made under Chile’s Antiterrorism Law. The case stemmed...
View ArticleUN High Commissioner Discusses Indigenous Issues in Chile
This week Chile finds itself hosting Kang Kyung-wha, the United Nation’s Deputy High Commission on Human Rights. Kang is largely in the country due to the ongoing protests and movements related to...
View ArticleMapuche Prisoners File Claim Against Chile with the OAS
On Wednesday, November 30th, a complaint was filed against the Chilean government with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — a structure of the Organization of American States (OAS). The...
View ArticleAmnesty International Highlights Indigenous Situation in Argentina, Chile,...
On Thursday, May 24th, Amnesty International released its annual report entitled, “The State of the World’s Human Rights.” The document, which is more than 400 pages long, highlights major global human...
View ArticleMapuche Hunger Strikers Reach Day 40; Attorneys Argue in Front of Supreme Court
On Thursday, October 4th, attorneys for four Mapuche prisoners who were sentenced for a variety of alleged crimes, including attempted murder of police officers, went before the criminal chamber of the...
View ArticleThe Militarisation of Mapuche Regions in Chile (Op-Ed)
Note: Written by Claudio Fuentes. The original Spanish version of this article appeared in Chilean online newspaper El Mostrador. The original English translation of this article first appeared on the...
View ArticleMapuche Testify Against Chile Before Inter-American Court of Human Rights (OAS)
On Wednesday and Thursday (May 29-30, 2013), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights — a body of the Organization of American States — heard its first case against the Chilean state. The case actually...
View ArticleUN Instructs Chile to Return Indigenous Lands, Improve Consultation, and...
The United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) completed its 83rd session on August 30th in Geneva. During the session, CERD discussed Chile’s treatment of Indigenous...
View ArticleInter-American Court of Human Rights Finds in Favor of Mapuche Individuals
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the highest judicial body of the Organization of American States (OAS), reached a decision in favor of eight Mapuche individuals who claimed that Chile’s use...
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