(en) Chile, Against repression: The unity of the struggle, Public announcement of the Libertarian Students Front (FEL) (ca) [machine translation]

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Thu, 2012-05-31

In recent months students have witnessed how it has carried out an intensive campaign of
selective enforcement in retaliation after the demonstrations of 2011. ---- Despite the
promises of the former minister Lavin to ensure the right to generate their own
organizations, there are countless cases of students harassed and persecuted for raising
student centers, federations, or even by trying to develop a political debate in
educational spaces. ---- Last year the partner Recaredo Galvez, then secretary general of
the FEC, was the victim of a police set, was jailed and now the process continues as he
serves as president of the same federation. Likewise, hundreds of high school students
lost their fees and many teachers lost their jobs in retaliation for their participation
in the historic protests. While the courts have forced the reinstatement of many students
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