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What is going on in the province Formosa and why does it matter? It seems the province could not be further from the reality in CABA today in almost every possible sense, but somehow it is still in the same country.
The governor declared a return to phase 1 after the appearance of 17 new COVID cases, resulting in protests today that resulted in extreme violence on the part of the police. Many injured from blunt force injuries, rubber bullets and expired tear gas. Journalists arrested and beaten. Internet outages have been reported.
This follows various complaints from Amnesty International and other international human rights bodies regarding how mandatory isolations for COVID patients and those who simply came into contact with positive cases were handled and the conditions in which they were subjected to in the province. That itself follows more complaints about the province not allowing people to return to other provinces for the first 7 months of the pandemic, effectively keeping them prisoner.
The Peronist and Kirchnerist (PJ - FpV) Govenor Gildo Insafran who has been in power since 1995 thanks to a "reform" of the provincial constitution allowing him to remain in power indefinately is considered by many to be amongst the most corrupt and oppressive. There are longstanding scandals involving interference in the justice, intimidation of political opponents, intimidation and persecution of media, links to drug trafficking, financial crimes etc.
My questions:
The governor declared a return to phase 1 after the appearance of 17 new COVID cases, resulting in protests today that resulted in extreme violence on the part of the police. Many injured from blunt force injuries, rubber bullets and expired tear gas. Journalists arrested and beaten. Internet outages have been reported.
This follows various complaints from Amnesty International and other international human rights bodies regarding how mandatory isolations for COVID patients and those who simply came into contact with positive cases were handled and the conditions in which they were subjected to in the province. That itself follows more complaints about the province not allowing people to return to other provinces for the first 7 months of the pandemic, effectively keeping them prisoner.
The Peronist and Kirchnerist (PJ - FpV) Govenor Gildo Insafran who has been in power since 1995 thanks to a "reform" of the provincial constitution allowing him to remain in power indefinately is considered by many to be amongst the most corrupt and oppressive. There are longstanding scandals involving interference in the justice, intimidation of political opponents, intimidation and persecution of media, links to drug trafficking, financial crimes etc.
Graves incidentes y heridos en Formosa en una protesta contra la vuelta a la Fase 1 de cuarentena
La medida fue dispuesta ayer por Gildo Insfrán ante la aparición de 17 nuevos casos de COVID-19. Manifestantes salieron a las calles para mostrar su desacuerdo. Fue la primera marcha masiva contra el gobernador en sus 25 años de mandato
www.infobae.com
Formosa: ADEPA y FOPEA repudiaron la violencia policial y reclamaron la liberación urgente de una periodista detenida
Las asociaciones de periodistas se expresaron en contra de lo que está aconteciendo en la provincia y pidieron por la periodista arrestada
www.infobae.com
Personas varadas en Formosa: Amnistía Internacional exige medidas urgentes y respetuosas de los derechos humanos – Amnistía Internacional Argentina | Defendemos los derechos humanos
A más de 7 meses de la declaración del aislamiento social, preventivo y obligatorio (ASPO), según información pública, hay más de 7500 personas que aún están es
amnistia.org.ar
Aislados 24 días por ser contacto estrecho de un caso de la covid-19 en Argentina
Formosa, en el norte del país, es la provincia con menos muertes por coronavirus, pero a costa de una restrictiva política sanitaria denunciada por organismos de derechos humanos
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Qué está pasando en Formosa
ONGs y referentes de la oposición denunciaron, públicamente, ante la justicia y ante organismos internacionales, las medidas de aislamiento tomadas por el gobierno de Formosa para prevenir el...
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My questions:
- Why does President Alberto Fernandez and his government continue to ignore these grave issues and refuse to outright condemn them or investigate the governor?
- What about the constitutional right to demonstrate in Argentina?
- Is the "democratic dictatorship" Formosa model the future of Argentina which we are currently seeing unfold through the national government's attacks on the criminal justice system, media and any political opposition?
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