The initiative is backed by lawmakers from that alliance, Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, human rights organizations, the Union of Civil Servants and the Tupac Amaru group, whose members marched near Congress to express their support.
The project proposes an amnesty “in relation to all acts deemed criminal related to Tupac’s political and social activity for which its members have been charged, prosecuted or convicted since December 1, 2015 to date.”
She also denounced the legal prosecution Sala suffered following the appointment of Gerardo Morales as governor of Jujuy province.
Milagro became the main leader in Jujuy and to the ruling classes she was a challenging figure who had to be driven out at all costs. A strategy to end his leadership and Tupac’s political activism and social service began to be hatched, the text says.
It also details the change in the country’s judicial system based on Morales’ interests, as well as the systematic persecution and violation of the Chamber’s rights.
The social leader was arrested in 2016 for allegedly inciting violence while leading a protest against Morales-imposed changes in the co-op program.
She is currently under house arrest and several organizations have denounced the humiliation, abuse and attacks she was subjected to.
They also warned that his health was impaired by episodes of deep vein thrombosis.
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