Hello HP colleagues,



I am sending this information to any Canadian citizen/resident concerned
about the human right abuses in Chile, and Canada's silence. Below is some
background information.



Please consider supporting by:



1. Signing the *House of Commons electronic petition:*



English:
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2302



French: https://petitions.noscommunes.ca/fr/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2302



Any Canadian citizen or resident can sign (no age minimum), even if you are
living abroad. It only takes 2 minutes.



2. Sharing the e-petition on your social media and/or via email to friends,
family and colleagues.



*Sample post for Twitter you can copy and paste:*



I just told my Member of Parliament that I want Canada to take a stand on
#ChileViolatesHumanRights You too can sign this Parliamentary e-petition
and RT #HumansRightsBeforeProfits #CanadiansForHumanRights #Petition4Chile
#TrudeauBreakYourSilence
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2302

*Sample post for Facebook and Instagram you can copy and paste:*



I just told my Member of Parliament that I want Canada to take a stand on
#ChileViolatesHumanRights You too can sign this Federal Parliamentary
e-petition please share with your friends & family. #ChileWeSeeYou
#CanadiansForHumanRights #Petition4Chile #HumanRightsBeforeProfits
#TrudeauBreakYourSilence

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2302



*Background*



You may have heard about the cancellation of some high profile global
meetings scheduled in Chile this fall, such as the 26th Cochrane
Colloquium, the International Climate Change Summit COP25 and Asia-Pacific
Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders’ meeting. They were cancelled due to
the crisis in Chile that started in mid-October due to a massive social
uprising and military crackdown that occurred when President Piñera
declared a state of emergency on Oct 1, 2019.



Since that date, human rights watch groups including the National Institute
for Human Rights <https://www.indh.cl/> in Chile, Amnesty International
<https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/americas/chile/>, and Human Rights
Watch
<https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/11/26/chile-police-reforms-needed-wake-protests>
and
United Nations
<https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-human-rights-report-chile-protesters-violations-1.5396323>
have reported 400+ criminal complaints allegedly committed by security
forces; deaths, sexual violence, tortures, detention of children and
thousands wounded and admitted to hospital. More than 350 people have lost
their eyesight due to severe ocular wounds caused by non-lethal lead
ammunitions banned by UN. Political responsibilities have not being
persecuted yet.



The root cause of the social unrest is the decades of neoliberal economics
and policies that were established with the Constitution of 1980 under the
Pinochet dictatorship, with zero participation of civil society. Today,
Chile has the largest social inequities in all the OECD countries.



Here is an article in Lancet on health inequalities in Chile as one of the
root causes of unrest:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32720-5/fulltext



*Where can you get more information in English?*



Follow @Van4Chile



or visit: http://www.van4chile.ca/ under media links



Please help spread the word however you can.



Thank you for your solidarity. Happy Holidays!



Paola Ardiles


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