Protest at the Former ESMA: "Human Rights Are Not Degraded by Decree"

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Social development, memory and human rights was the central focus of the intergenerational dialogue of collectives convened by the Ministry of Social Development, with the support of the Secretariat for Human Rights for the Recent Past.During this forum of reflection, the Minister of Social Development, Gonzalo Civila, referred to the Los Conventuales centre —where the activity took place — as a space of refuge and resistance in the past and str…

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Adriana Taboada lights the candle she holds in her hand. She walks behind a banner that reads "Human rights are not degraded by decree." Along with other activists and workers, she walks through the memorial space that operates in what was once the concentration camp of the Navy Mechanics School (ESMA). Adriana is in her dual role: representative of the committee of organizations and dismissed state employee. She arrived early to express her con…