Mapuche political prisoners in Chile are demanding their release and respect for their indigenous rights, as they make a wave of protests against the unfair treatment they receive from the Chilean state. teleSUR
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00:00 Organizations protested before the Ministry of Justice after the illegal detention of
00:04 militant Javier Plaza.
00:07 The protesters gathered on the day of the hearing in which Plaza's arrest for alleged
00:11 aggression against police forces was declared illegal.
00:15 Representatives and family members demanded justice for the Mapuche political prisoners,
00:18 who have been on hunger strike for over 80 days and have now reached a critical health
00:23 situation.
00:24 They denounced mistreatments from federal forces and argued the imprisonment of their
00:28 comrades is unfounded and of political nature.
00:37 In today's hearing, the detention of Javier Plaza, the partner of Ernesto Yaitul, a Mapuche
00:41 political prisoner who is serving 82 days on hunger strike, was declared illegal.
00:46 We have been informed this morning that he was taken to the regional hospital of Concepcion
00:50 due to his serious health condition, in addition to the serious health condition of another
00:53 hunger striker also serving 82 days, Esteban Enriquez.
00:58 In this context, Manuel Andrade Valenzuela, a member of the Ethnic Commission, expressed
01:03 that Mapuche's human rights must be respected.
01:07 We believe that this kind of thing has to stop.
01:10 Respect for human rights has to prevail.
01:12 Respect for the human rights of the Mapuche people who are mobilizing and in this case
01:16 the demands of the political prisoners of the camp who are on hunger strike.
01:21 In Panama, the second criminal chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice declared final