Chile - May 10 2020

Emergency appeal to all labor, student and human rights organizations in the world

Mapuche political prisoners have begun a hunger strike against the Piñera government, which keeps more than 2,500 rebel youth and worker fighters imprisoned in inhumane conditions, exposed to coronavirus infection

Immediate and unconditional freedom for all political prisoners in Chile!
May that cry be heard in the entire world

In recent days, 9 Mapuche political prisoners have started a hunger strike fighting for their freedom and that of all political prisoners in Chile. In the Angol prison, comrades Sergio Levinao Levinao, Víctor Llanquileo Pilquimán, Sinecio Huenchullan Queipul, Freddy Marileo Marileo, Juan Queipul Millanao, Juan Calbucoy Montanares, Danilo Nahuelpi Millanao and Reinaldo Penchulef Sepúlveda have been on a hunger strike for almost a week, just like comrade Celestino Córdova, who is currently imprisoned in Temuco prison. As the comrades denounce, in Chile there are more than 2,500 political prisoners of the working class and the rebel youth who have been taken hostage by the murderous state for having rebelled since last October against the Piñera government and the damn Pinochetista regime, servants of imperialism. While 50 fighters were killed by the repressive forces, thousands were wounded and more than 450 suffered eye damage. Today, the political prisoners continue to rot in prisons, in inhuman conditions, overcrowding and lack of minimum hygiene, leaving them exposed to the coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread quickly in the country. One example of this is that the Mapuche political prisoner Facundo Jones Huala recently had to be isolated because he had been put in contact with prison staff infected with coronavirus. From the "October 18" Coordination for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, which brings together relatives of political prisoners and fighters for their freedom as well as dozens of organizations, the fight to release the comrades from jails to preserve their health has been intensifying. Within the very prisons, the political prisoners have revolted as in Santiago 1 prison in March and were brutally repressed. Now, Mapuche political prisoners are on a hunger strike. From the "International Network for the Liberation of the World Political Prisoners and Justice for our Martyrs", we stand in solidarity and make their struggle our own. We call on all unions, workers, students, struggle organizations, human rights organizations all around the world to promote an international campaign for the freedom of the comrades, with statements, endorsements, communiqués and all kinds of actions that can be carried out. Chilean political prisoners must not be behind bars a minute more! Freedom now! We reproduce below the communiqués that the comrades on hunger strike have issued from the Angol and Temuco prisons, so that they can be reproduced and the voice of the fighters in Chile reaches millions of workers, young and exploited internationally so that we can redouble the fight for their freedom, for that of the comrades imprisoned in Senkata (Bolivia) and of all the political prisoners in the world and for conquering the trial and punishment for the murderers of our fallen comrades in Chile, Bolivia and all our martyrs.   ----------------------- From Temuco prison… Letter from Machi (Community Chief) Celestino Córdova, Mapuche political prisoner on hunger strike https://www.facebook.com/142372262786868/posts/1094192114271540/?d=n   ----------------------- From Angol prison… Public statement of Mapuche political prisoners on hunger strike https://www.newepoch.media/single-post/2020/05/09/CHILE---COMUNICADO-PÚBLICO-PRESOS-POLÍTICOS-MAPUCHE-CÁRCEL-DE-ANGOL

Juan Queipul Víctor Llanquileo Pilquiman Sergio Levinao Leninao Celestino Córdova Flyer on the situation of the one of the more than 2500 political prisoners of Chile Flyer on the situation of the one of the more than 2500 political prisoners of Chile Banner hanging at the gates of the center of Pinochet’s justice demanding the freedom of the political prisoners Banner hanging at the gates of the center of Pinochet’s justice demanding the freedom of the political prisoners Banner from the Organization of Family and Friends of the Political Prisoners at the gates of the pinochetist courts in Santiago Banner hanging at the gates of the center of Pinochet’s justice demanding the freedom of the political prisoners October 2019: the police repress high-school students who jumped over the turnstile October 2019: repression in Plaza la Dignidad   The "Black Caps", elite group of Chilean Pinochetist Armed Forces, are currently in the streets of Santiago de Chile