La Paz, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The threats of the de facto government in Bolivia and its clash groups today prevented a delegation from Argentina from delving deeper into the current violation of human, social and political rights in this country.
In particular, the group of professionals and social leaders pointed out Arturo Murillo, government minister of the self-proclaimed president Jeanine Áñez, as the author of explicit threats against their search for information.
Even so, the team presented the preliminary conclusions of an investigation that included interviews with victims of police and military repression, residents of the city of El Alto, social leaders, peasants and natives.
For these observers, it was clear that the Plurinational State of Bolivia suffered a coup d'etat designed by civic groups, business sectors, police personnel and high command of the Armed Forces.
The objective was to overthrow President Evo Morales and establish a de facto government, with the support of foreign governments, as evidenced by the testimonies of the multiple contacts of foreign officials with coup leaders.
'The actors promoting the coup coordinated actions in order to provoke a situation of terror in society and to destabilize the government with a constitutional mandate until January 22', the report said.
The process was deepened with the elections of October 20, based on a preliminary statement from the Organization of American States (OAS), which radicalized the coup positions and stimulated social confrontation.
That communiqué was not foreseen in an agreement signed between the OAS and the Plurinational State, which suggests a clear political intent, outside the spirit of the electoral audit, the Argentine team denounces.
The delegation has abundant documentation on the coercion of social and family leaders to adopt positions contrary to their will for fear of losing their lives and freedom.
'As a result of this intimidation strategy, the coup actors partially achieved their goal of dividing social resistance against the coup process, first, and de facto government, later', they add.
The report confirms that the resignations of President Morales; Vice President Álvaro García Linera and Senate leader Adriana Salvatierra, among others, obeyed the pressure of the high command of the Armed Forces.
'In no case were the legal procedures to give these waivers valid, which makes them non-existent legal acts', the Argentine observers warned.
After the self-proclamation of Áñez, the de facto government adopted a policy of clear dictatorial and repressive dyes against the deposed authorities and the political and social leaders related to the Morales government.
In this context, serious human rights violations occur, which, due to their systematic nature, already constitute crimes against humanity, they warn.
For example, they point out that the repressive system set up by the de facto government has caused dozens of deaths, arbitrary detentions, injuries, enforced disappearances, constraints and torture, rapes and other crimes.
The main victims of this physical, psychic and sexual violence are the most vulnerable sectors, as happened in the massacres of Sacaba, Cochabamba, and Senkata, in El Alto, between racist and hateful speeches.
In addition, they denounced the selective persecution, the making of blacklists, the violation of due process, the denial of the right to defense, the restriction of freedom of the press and the violent repression of protests.
This mission arrived on Thursday under harassment, threats and slander of reactionary sectors of the right and the coup government, installed after Morales's resignation on November 10.
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Even so, the team presented the preliminary conclusions of an investigation that included interviews with victims of police and military repression, residents of the city of El Alto, social leaders, peasants and natives.
For these observers, it was clear that the Plurinational State of Bolivia suffered a coup d'etat designed by civic groups, business sectors, police personnel and high command of the Armed Forces.
The objective was to overthrow President Evo Morales and establish a de facto government, with the support of foreign governments, as evidenced by the testimonies of the multiple contacts of foreign officials with coup leaders.
'The actors promoting the coup coordinated actions in order to provoke a situation of terror in society and to destabilize the government with a constitutional mandate until January 22', the report said.
The process was deepened with the elections of October 20, based on a preliminary statement from the Organization of American States (OAS), which radicalized the coup positions and stimulated social confrontation.
That communiqué was not foreseen in an agreement signed between the OAS and the Plurinational State, which suggests a clear political intent, outside the spirit of the electoral audit, the Argentine team denounces.
The delegation has abundant documentation on the coercion of social and family leaders to adopt positions contrary to their will for fear of losing their lives and freedom.
'As a result of this intimidation strategy, the coup actors partially achieved their goal of dividing social resistance against the coup process, first, and de facto government, later', they add.
The report confirms that the resignations of President Morales; Vice President Álvaro García Linera and Senate leader Adriana Salvatierra, among others, obeyed the pressure of the high command of the Armed Forces.
'In no case were the legal procedures to give these waivers valid, which makes them non-existent legal acts', the Argentine observers warned.
After the self-proclamation of Áñez, the de facto government adopted a policy of clear dictatorial and repressive dyes against the deposed authorities and the political and social leaders related to the Morales government.
In this context, serious human rights violations occur, which, due to their systematic nature, already constitute crimes against humanity, they warn.
For example, they point out that the repressive system set up by the de facto government has caused dozens of deaths, arbitrary detentions, injuries, enforced disappearances, constraints and torture, rapes and other crimes.
The main victims of this physical, psychic and sexual violence are the most vulnerable sectors, as happened in the massacres of Sacaba, Cochabamba, and Senkata, in El Alto, between racist and hateful speeches.
In addition, they denounced the selective persecution, the making of blacklists, the violation of due process, the denial of the right to defense, the restriction of freedom of the press and the violent repression of protests.
This mission arrived on Thursday under harassment, threats and slander of reactionary sectors of the right and the coup government, installed after Morales's resignation on November 10.
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