Again, here with another update.
PLEASE REBLOG AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, AND HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT IT IS OUR GOVERNMENT WHO’S KILLING US DESPITE THE INTERVENTION OF MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
U.S has expressed full support to the Duque administration’s intentions of solving the conflict through dialogue and has urged public forces to take action with “maximal moderation”. Also suspends military assistance given Human Right violations.
Anonymous hacked the Congress and Presidency databases.
The government has installed a table of dialogue with different sectors and unions.
A Motion of censure was filed against Defense Minister Diego Molano for police brutality in protests.
Bogota mayor Claudia López installed 22 Human Rights verification commissions, several of them are already distributed and operating in the most critical points of demonstrations.
Police forces continue to attack human rights advocates and defenders throughout the country. (Graphic violence tw. Video here)
General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro Altamiranda, Commander of the Army, restated the institutional stance by referring to the ESMAD (special force) members as “Heroes in Black”
Opposition leader Senator Gustavo Petro releases his second address on the national situation, inviting the President to separate from the Uribe regime and to open spaces for dialogue; the army and the police, to recognize themselves as citizens and to empathize with the cause; and the Strike committee, to reorganize the protests and define a specific set of petitions and goals.
Uribist politicians and senators from the party “Centro Democrático” encourage the declaration of state of internal commotion, in which the president gets extraordinary faculties such as removing authority from local governments and censoring national tv and radio emissions.
Officially, there have been at least 19 dead and more than 800 injured since the protests started ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL RECORDS.
Citizen journalism channels report various statistics. Personally, I’ve been following “Temblores ONG”
There are images of armored cars dispersing the crowd with tear gas and detonations of weapons. Some of these have already expired, meaning they have become hydrogen cyanide, which could cause death.
The first floor of Hotel La Luna, in Cali, was burned/blown up by police officers with people inside. (Video testimony)