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August 10, 2023

By: Mapuche Political Prisoners of Angol

The mapuche political prisoners of the Angol Prison call on their mapuche traditional authorities who have backed them in this long and painful hunger strike to come to Angol Prison, now that we have seen that there is no political will to resolve our demands on the part of the government and the prison.

Those who, entrenched in biased racism, have delayed a solution, leading us to the extreme of our conditions of bodily health. For this reason, faced with this humiliating attitude of those who aim to push us, seeking to bully our families, submit our children to degrading treatment, all with the ultimate intention of making us abandon our political and human rights.

We the Mapuche political prisoners, owe ourselves to the joint and collective ways that indicate our traditional Mapuche ordering. This is why we make this call, to our Mapuche authorities, to anounce before our communities and relatives, the difficult decision to carry out a THIRST STRIKE in the coming hours, to push the government to resolve our demands.

Through the determination we carry through 94 days of hunger strike and 158 days for the peñi Simón Huenchullan, and conscious that no other path remains for us but facing our destiny with dignity. We will share this decision with our representatives in the mobilization today.

Lastly, to our Mapuche people, we call on you to not let your guard down, to not allow yourselves to be bullied and to say that there is no law that can negate our political and territorial rights, nor our cultural and spiritual rights.

Mapuche Political Prisoners of Angol Prison

Wallmapu: August 10, 2023, CDP-Angol, Mapuche Political Prisoner Range.