Jeanine Áñez Charged With Genocide and Other Crimes
See this RT piece: Bolivia charges ex-President Anez with ‘genocide’ over death of protesters in 2019.
Earlier this week, a report commissioned by the Organization of American States (OAS) described those events as massacres.
Five independent human rights experts from across Latin America ruled that the military and police, which Anez sent to curb the protests, likely acted with intent to kill as live fire had been employed against pro-Morales demonstrators, “even when people were running away.” This means that their deaths could be considered “summary executions,” the report said.
The OAS report said the interim government came to power by overstepping the constitution and persecuted its opponents with “systematic torture.” ...
Anez came to power after longtime leader Evo Morales resigned and was forced into exile after the Bolivian security forces sided with his opponents in the wake of a violent uprising. Demonstrations had been triggered by accusations of election fraud that later turned out to be largely baseless.
Her new conservative government harshly suppressed the counterprotests of Morales supporters, going as far as giving the military temporary immunity from prosecution over its actions during the rallies.
The unrest saw at least 37 killed across Bolivia and hundreds injured in 2019. There were scuffles between rival demonstrators, but most of the deaths were caused by police.
See the comments, and this post of mine: Jeanine Áñez Back in Prison After Clinical Check-up.
If anyone wants to know what I think about this, then send someone to interview me. They will need several hours at least, several days would be better. See David Lynch Talks About Who Inspired Him.
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