Dozens of protesters gathered outside of the Maximum Security Prison of Chile, demanding total amnesty of political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. They also demanded that the state respect Article 169 on the freedom of indigenous peoples, and an immediate restitution of visits to prisoners who have been kept in isolation under the excuse of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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