https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q Santiago Maldonado´s case en-us 2017-10-07 19:40:29 UTC 2023-07-26 07:00:56 UTC hello@padlet.com paulaperezroig https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194938439 Where are your loved ones right now?
Where would you go if a person you love disappears?
Where would you start looking for them?
Where?]]> 2017-10-07 19:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194938439 paulaperezroig https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194941388

People literally disappear, from their loved ones and their community, when state officials (or someone acting with state consent) grab them from the street or from their homes and then deny it, or refuse to say where they are. It is a crime under international law. (Amnesty)

The arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law. (UN)

It occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or polititcal organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law. (Wikipedia)

Videla´s point of view

]]> 2017-10-07 20:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194941388 paulaperezroig https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194941696 On the morning of 1 August 2017, members of the Argentine National Gendarmerie (GNA) entered irregularly and violently into the territory of the Mapuche community Pu Lof en Resistencia, in the department of Cushamen, in Chubut, Argentina. According to the community, the GNA fired lead and rubber bullets, and burned many families’ possessions. In addition, Santiago Maldonado, a 28 year-old activist who arrived the day before to assist the community in its suit to reclaim tribal lands, has gone missing since the operation began. He was last seen on 1 August, while fleeing from the GNA raid. According to eyewitness, about 30 uniformed members of the GNA entered the community and began firing, which led those present to seek safety by running towards a nearby river. Some managed to cross it and escape. Witnesses indicate that they saw Santiago Maldonado running to protect himself from the shots before the river crossing. Those who had fled to the other shore saw him crouching to hide himself and overheard two GNA officials exclaim, “we’ve got one,” and “you are detained.” Another person reported seeing a group of gendarmes beating a young man who was tied up. Later, another witness said he saw between six and eight troops forming a row to block the view of something being loaded into the back of a GNA van. Although none of the witnesses managed to identify precisely who was loaded into the van, the community reported that no other person present in the community that day has disappeared. Despite the community’s repeated attempts to locate Santiago Maldonado and the various habeas corpus appeals filed urging the state to take the necessary measures to find Santiago Maldonado, the authorities have not offered any information about his whereabouts or the measures they have taken to find him. The UN Committee against Enforced Disappearances issued an Urgent Action requesting information on Santiago Maldonado’s whereabouts, as well as diligent investigation of the facts.
Adapted from https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr13/6907/2017/en/]]> 2017-10-07 20:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194941696 paulaperezroig https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194944858 In some cases universal rights are not respected and it is our responsibility to speak up for our rights and for the rights of others.
Human rights are the basic freedoms and protections that belong to every single one of us. They are based on principles of dignity, equality and mutual respect – regardless of age, nationality, gender, race, beliefs and personal orientations. These basic human rights are universal,  inalienable, indivisible and interdependent. This is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we should all know our rights

]]> 2017-10-07 21:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194944858 paulaperezroig https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194945021 “Even today I think, maybe today, tomorrow, they will return my son to me [...] Every night he appears in my sleep and during the day I cry all the time [...] That is not a life anymore. For me everything came to a halt. I don’t live; I just walk over the earth.”]]> 2017-10-07 21:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paulaperezroig/f3fbn0rp8c6q/wish/194945021