Violent and illegal eviction against the "clan" at the Hotel Hanga Roa in Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
prosecutors and police have carried out an illegal and violent eviction of the clans on Easter Island.
1st - The evacuation was conducted without a warrant and logistical support from hoteliers.
2 .- After six months of occupation of the Hotel Hanga Roa is, prosecutors and the Chilean police of this Island.
3 .- Three members of the Milestone clan were arrested, including "Rapa Nui News" people (ie, active information dissemination).
Trinidad Ferrada-Tuki Hito, was severely beaten and dragged across the floor, because he tried to approach the police to photograph.
Hanga Roa clock .- At 8:00 on Sunday. On 6 February was a large police presence in Hanga Roa (the only town on Easter Island). They went directly to the Hotel Hanga Roa and brought people (prisoners) from the hotel. This aggressive approach is presented to the Court. The Easter Islanders made a complaint against 17 activists who evacuated the hotel. They were accused of looting the country. (Act 306-2010).
Than police officers arrived in two police vans and small buses, and two Mercedes Benz vehicles. The Raiding party had signed an eviction order by attorney Samuel Yañez. It has been argued that "according to the rules contained in Article 83 of the Code of Criminal Procedure," about the action against flagrant crime, the location of evacuation by the police of the building is legally justified.
The eviction was violent. Police arrested Angela Marisol Tuki Hito and Atan. To this end they broke the windows of the entrance door of the hotel lobby. They were in the power of the Commissioner and Mataveri taken later released without comment from custody.
According to lawyer and former prosecutor, Oscar Vargas, of the actions described as "illegal act", he tried to prevent this arrest. The other family members were out of the hotel out of prison to be removed, the same as in the case of the 'clan matriarch Magdalena Hito ". It should be noted that since 14 January, the hotel was besieged by the police. A rapporteur of the UN Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, calls to turn the International Red Cross and members of Congress.
return of the arrested people after the eviction last Sunday.
Nach14 hours, sealed off the Hotel Hanga Roa by a large number of police forces. In this context, Trinidad Ferrada-Tuki Hito arrested by ten policemen and he was dragged across the floor. His crime was he was trying to photograph the police action.
According to the leader of "Marisol," the government of President Sebastián Piñera and Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter has tried to whitewash the unlawful eviction today.
The Chilean government points out that the most important unwritten rules Chilean Institutions are: the economic power above the law, peoples and the common good. And that is unacceptable.
Francisco Marín, Rapa Nui spokesman and representative of the "landmark on the continent," has expressed its protest against the mistreatment of Trini, and said " the constant attitude of the police and the records of their practices are violent. "He called on international organizations to urge the regulatory freedom of information in Rapa Nui, internationally, which he believes will undermine seriously. It is noteworthy that in recent months, the Prosecutor had sought to obtain the approval to register all guests at the hotel. This was rejected by the court.
The American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) was the only international organization that the evacuation of the Hotel Hanga Roa could have stopped.
after "Marisol," said the spokeswoman, the approach shows the uncertainty of American justice and the lack of protection, the Rapa Nui is (Easter Island) exposed. The current Process of land acquisition is the strongest protest movement on Rapa Nui.
press release made available from Rapa Nui, 6 February 2011.
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