Indian organizations filed a lawsuit in the Hague Court against the state of Chile, calling for the return of their territories to them
The Mapuche Permanent Mission to the United Nations, the Mapuche Human Rights Commission and the Kimche Walmapu Indian Peoples Organization jointly filed a lawsuit against the State of Chile for violating numerous national and international rights in the Mapuche territories. Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon Real was proposed for the position of arbitrator.
Current treaties signed by the Spaniards and then by the State of Chile have been violated, according to a press release from the United Mapuche Organizations. They say the mining companies are abusing the treaties, which is causing desertification, drought, fires and pollution of areas where the ancient Indian people live. And this, in turn, is a quote: violated the rights of nature and the dignity of the Mapuche people, which leads to the systematic disappearance of Mapuche culture.
The Mapuche indigenous nation, which now numbers up to 1,5 million people, continues to demand the return of their ancestral territories, autonomy, self-determination, protection of culture and language. They are now also resisting the neo-liberal, extractive model they claim is carried out by post-Pinochet administrations through advocacy for logging firms, mining, hydropower and fisheries. The press release states that commercial and residential complexes have also been built in the original areas of Walmapu.
Also, the Indians of South America claim a long series of insults and numerous abuses by the state of Chile. The text of the complaint states that the administration under previous presidents enforced Chile's anti-terrorism law against the Mapuche, which consists of criminalizing Mapuche social protest and using private security to protect the interests of private landowners.
Today, the Mapuche suffer persecution, raids, detentions, false accusations, criminalization and even torture. Raids in their communities are carried out regularly. The police often take vehicles from the Indians, weapon for hunting, arguing this with anti-terrorist laws.
- says a press release from the Mapuche Indian people.
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