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Sunday 03
October 2010 |
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Chile:
End of
Mapuche
Hunger
Strike
SANTIAGO
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Representatives
of the
Mapuche
hunger
strike
in Chile
announced
the end
of the
crackdown
began
last
July 12
to
protest
the
anti-terrorism
law.
The news
was
confirmed
near
dawn by
the
Archbishop
of the
Chilean
province
of
Concepción,
Ricardo
Ezzati
and the
imprisoned
indigenousâ�Ö
spokeswoman
Natividad
Llanquileo.
Ezzati,
who
acted as
facilitator
of
dialogue
between
the
parties
read a
statement
through
which he
made
public
the
Government's
proposals
aimed at
the fast
cessation.
He
stressed
in
particular
the
withdrawal
of the
suits
against
the
antiterrorism
law and
the end
of the
double
prosecution,
which
would
imply
judging
the
defendants
only in
civilian
courts.
Government
sources
stated
that the
measure
was
deposed
by the
rebels
of the
prisons
of
Concepcion,
Lebu,
and
Temuco
cities,
but that
determination
has not
been
confirmed
yet by
the nine
strikers
of Angol
prison,
in the
territory
of
Arauco.
The
announcement
came to
public
notice a
few
minutes
after a
statement
by the
Interior
Minister
Rodrigo
Hinzpeter,
who had
said to
feel
hopeful
about
the
outcome
of the
last
hours
negotiations,
held in
the city
council
of
Arauco,
in the
south of
Chile.
"I have
great
hope. I
have a
feeling
we're in
a good
way, we
will be
able to
find a
good
agreement
to
settle
the
hunger
strike,"
said
Hinzpeter
in
statemens
to the
press. |
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