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Policemen and detainees at the parking lot (photo: ANRed)
A group of demonstrators who were protesting before the House of Córdoba in Buenos Aires last night denounced being repressed by the Federal Police. Twelve people were arrested and one of them was hospitalised.
The demonstrators were protesting against last week’s incidents in Córdoba, when the provincial police suppressed a protest outside of the legislature against a new Environment Law.
“We were protesting against the repression in Córdoba and the modification in the environment law. We don’t want the production model of Monsanto, Syngenta, or BASF. Here, in Buenos Aires, it’s the first time we’re repressed, but in Córdoba it’s like the eighth time,” said a protester to the Agencia de Noticias Redacción (ANRed).
According to ANRed, protesters were met by police as they arrived at the House of Córdoba on Callao 332, which was completely fenced off. There, the demonstration was supressed using tear gas and rubber bullets. The protesters were then chased up until they reached a parking lot around the corner, where 12 of them were arrested.
A worker from the Children’s Rights Secretariat, who witnessed the incidents, told ANRed: “My colleagues and I heard the rubber bullets being shot. We looked out the window and saw the police chasing the protesters. A couple of them kept running, others went into the parking lot and the police went in as well and started the repression against them. And they had more than one person -we saw at least four or five people- already on the ground and between five or six [policemen] they were kicking and beating them with their batons.”
Reporters from ANRed have also denounced being mistreated by the police, as well as other journalists, such as a photographer from Diario Popular and a cameraman from alternative TV channel En Movimiento, who were allegedly hit in the face.
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