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Published 14 May 2017
The Indigenous activist has been behind bars for more than a year despite calls for her freedom from national and international experts.
Jailed Indigenous activist and lawmaker Milagro Sala denounced Sunday that she and other inmates have been tortured and threatened to death in prison in the Argentine province of Jujuy, where she as been illegally detained for almost a year and a half.
Sala and other women prisoners voiced complaints about abuses in the Alto Comedero prison to Jujuy provincial authorities and a United Nations panel that was visiting the Argentine province in order to report on the human rights situation in the country.
The complaint, which includes “torture,” “use of isolation cells” and “constant harassment,” will be presented to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on Thursday, reported Argentina's Pagina 12.
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http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Argentina-Jailed-Indigenous-Leader-Milagro-Sala-Unmasks-Torture-Mistreatment-in-Prison-20170514-0019.html
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