An interesting debate has been occurring in the virtual pages of the Chilean broadsheet El Mercurio in recent days.  As I’ve discussed in this blog, the Chilean NHRI or Institute for Human Rights (INDH) since it was created in 2009 has quickly positioned itself as a vocal human rights advocate in the face of social protest and alleged police brutality.   It is also worth recalling how politicised the issue of human rights remains in Chile 25 years after the fall of the Pinochet dictatorship (currently the subject of the feature film ‘No’ starring Gael García Bernal).

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