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Urgent Action Action: Landmark Indictment Of Police CommandersOn 3 January 2024 an indictment was filed against three current and former senior commanders.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2024 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Investigations Into Claims Of Torture ContinueThe court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the seven officers involved in the attack on Moisés Órdenes.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Mar 2023 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mapuche spiritual leader ends hunger strike
On 18 August 2020, the spiritual leader of the Mapuche people, machi Celestino Córdova Tránsito, ended his hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Aug 2020 -
Referendum called and state of emergency endedThe state of emergency has ended in Chile and there will be a constitutional referendum in April 2020. Protests continue.
25 Nov 2019 -
Chile: Security forces using excessive force to discourage protests, injuring thousandsPolice and army forces torturing and using live ammunition against protesters
Press release 22 Nov 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk for defending indigenous people in Chile
Lawyer Karina Riquelme was again intimidated by Chilean police intelligence agents several times because of her work.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk granted protection measures in Chile
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer considered under imminent threat.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Oct 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous leader ends 2 month hunger strike in Chile
After nearly two months on a hunger strike, Indigenous leader Machi Córdova is granted access to his ceremonial altar.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action: Chilean lawyer intimdated during trial of policemen
Karina Riquelme was followed and surveilled by intelligence agents because of her work as a defender of Mapuche people.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Indigenous leader health and life back at risk in Chile
Mapuche Indigenous spiritual leader Machi Celestino Córdova, imprisoned since 2014, renewed a hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous leader on hunger strike hospitalized in Chile
Mapuche Indigenous spiritual leader Machi Celestino Córdova is at risk after spending more than 90 days on hunger strike.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Ministry of interior drops terrorism charges in Chile
The crimes of four Indigenous Mapuche men were reclassified and no longer considered “terrorist crimes”.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Nov 2017 -
Urgent Action: Mapuche in Chile charged with 'terrorist crimes' at risk
The lives of four Indigenous Mapuche men are at risk as a result of a hunger strike they initiated more than 100 days ago
Urgent action outcomes 02 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Abortion decriminalized in ChileChile’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled in favour of decriminalizing abortion under three specific circumstances. This is an important step toward ensuring the protection of women and girls’ human rights across the country.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Senate to vote on weakened draft abortion law in Chile
The Chilean Senate has begun discussing a proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances, and is set to vote on the law next week.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Attempts to weaken draft abortion law in Chile
A proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances in Chile is facing possible amendments that would further restrict access to legal abortion and related sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls, putting…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights defenders of water at risk in Chile
Members of the Defence Movement of Earth, Environmental Protection and Access to Water are facing death threats because of their work defending the right to water in Petorca Province, central Chile.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Chile: A step closer to justice for Pinochet victimsPress release 06 Oct 2014
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Rememberance of things past - Scotland’s lasting support for Pinochet’s victimsBlog post 19 Sep 2013
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Chile: Pinochet's bloody legacy - thousands denied justice 40 years onPress release 09 Sep 2013
