Category: News
British filmmaker Nick MacWilliam is releasing his film on Chile’s social uprising of 2019
Sheffield students sponsor Chilean political prisoner Carlos Peyrin
British Arms Sales Aiding Repression in Chile.
Carole Concha Bell, a member of the Chile Solidarity Network, told Byline Times: “As A Chilean, daughter of exiles from the Pinochet era, living in the UK it is disappointing to know that the UK has a license to export crowd control weapons to Chile, particularly when they are being used within the context of brutal,… Continue reading British Arms Sales Aiding Repression in Chile.
DELEGATION HAND LETTER TO FOREIGN OFFICE URGING ACTION ON CHILE HUMAN RIGHTS
The UK group comprising students and assemblies representing universities and Chilean Cabildos & Chile Solidarity Network, have been campaigning against recent human rights abuses in Chile since social unrest broke out on October 18th 2019, over social disparity in one of Latin America’s richest, yet most unequal countries.
Chileans Abroad and the Upcoming Referendum
With the referendum to vote on a new constitution at the forefront of the minds of many Chileans, Chile Today talked to Chileans living abroad in the UK to find out how they are reacting to the upcoming referendum. What do they think about voting in the referendum? How are their lives affected by the situation in… Continue reading Chileans Abroad and the Upcoming Referendum
How the Chilean uprising reawakened international solidarity
There’s a cascade of colour throughout Chile’s capital as people occupy street corners and flow onto the central avenue. Their cries are backed by a chorus of banging pots and pans from surrounding buildings, the traditional cacerolazo protest. Yet Santiago is marked by violence of the night before: the smell of teargas clings to the concrete, the… Continue reading How the Chilean uprising reawakened international solidarity
Michelle Bachelet y situación de Chile: “Yo estoy muy preocupada, pero tengo que ser neutra, objetiva e imparcial como Alta Comisionada”
La exmandataria concedió una entrevista a estudiantes en Inglaterra, además de recibir una carta de la comunidad chilena local sobre la situación que se vive en el país. https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/michel-bachelet-situacion-chile-estoy-preocupada-neutra-objetiva-e-imparcial-alta-comisionada/910468/
Human rights delegation urges UK to act on state abuses in Chile during recent uprising
A Chilean delegation visited the Foreign Office in London on 21 January. It presented foreign secretary Dominic Raab with a letter calling for a halt in the export of crowd-control weapons to Chile and to investigate the Chilean government for crimes against humanity. Gross human-rights violations have been committed by Chile’s security forces since social unrest broke out on 18 October 2019 over soaring… Continue reading Human rights delegation urges UK to act on state abuses in Chile during recent uprising
The People Remain Defiant (The Labour Briefing)
I arrived in Santiago, Chile, exactly two months after students famously jumped an underground barrier in protest at price hikes. That small act on October 18th 2019 snowballed into an uprising that swept across the nation, albeit a leaderless one, in Chile’s largest social revolt since the dictatorship. As I made my way to a… Continue reading The People Remain Defiant (The Labour Briefing)