March 27, 2023, 10:59 PM
March 27, 2023, 10:59 PM
The organizations or relatives of detainees who were informed that they would have a hearing with the delegates of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) received a brief explanation of the methodology that will be developed in these meetings, meetings last three minutes maximum and they must send their documents digitally, the attendees explained. It is expected that on Tuesday they will visit the prisons of Chonchocoro, San Pedro and Miraflores.
“You just have to bring the central theme to talk, They give you three minutes and five if it is a complex case, there is no more time, there are a lot of people who arrived this Monday, there was the former vice president, Álvaro García Linera”, commented the coordinator of the Senkata victims, David Inca.
25 IACHR commissioners arrived in Bolivia and since this Monday they are holding meetings with people, relatives and organizations that processed hearings to describe the alleged violation of human rights of their relatives. The mission explained the procedure to all those who arrived at the Atix hotel, in the southern area of the city of La Paz.
As explained by the attendees, there is no telephone number or WhatsApp to contact the delegates, everything is through email, they let them know if their application was accepted and tell them the time they must be present. The tests must be sent to the same email.
The relatives of the soldiers apprehended and detained for the Senkata cases They also entered to describe the situation of their relatives and when they left they also explained that the time allotted is three minutes per family or per organization, a maximum of three people are accepted, if all three will present, then each one has one minute, which forced attendees to designate a spokesperson.
This Monday, the family of the cocalero leader arrived at the Atix hotel. Cesar Apaza; the relatives of the Senkata victims; the relatives of the soldiers who are accused for that same case; The ex-president Carlos Mesa; the former vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera; three delegates from the journalists; Association of Afro-Bolivians; a complainant of medical negligence, among whom it was possible to obtain their data.
The commissioners will visit this Tuesday the maximum security prison of Chonchocoro de La Paz and will hold a meeting with the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, who has been in preventive detention since December 29, 2022 accused of the case of alleged ‘coup I’, confirmed his lawyer, Martín Camacho, who stated that the meeting is expected to take place in the course of the morning.
Likewise, David Inca announced that on Wednesday the mission will arrive in the city of Cochabamba where they also have an agenda of audiences with the people who requested those meetings.
Therefore, it is expected that by Thursdaythe commissioners arrive in the city of Santa Cruz, as part of their official visit.
