98:, to be built near the Pilcomayo national park. The Qom community of La Primavera claimed to have title to this land, and conflict broke out on commencement of the work. Díaz and other Qom residents closed the National Route 86 road as a protest, arguing that the Argentine constitution granted indigenous peoples the rights to their ancestral lands. The construction works were halted pending a decision of the Argentine Supreme Court. On 23 November 2010, while Díaz and other Qom were holding a demonstration on the site, members of a family named Celía arrived to claim that they had title to the land. There were incidents and shots were fired, with Qom and police both complaining of aggression against them. While the provincial police were removing obstructions on the route, a Qom, Roberto López, and a police officer were killed. Díaz and 23 other Qom faced criminal charges of occupying and taking over lands.
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263:, secretary for human rights. Avruj confirmed that the new government would respond to the demands of the indigenous peoples. The dismantling of the camp on 6 December was announced at a press conference. There was also fear of attacks on the camp at a demonstration planned for 10 December by supporters of the former president
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withdrew the charges against Díaz and Amanda Asikak in relation to the cutting of the route, the judges holding that that was the only means of protest available to the aborigines. In 2014, Díaz presented the cause of indigenous peoples in
Argentina before the United Nations in New York. The same
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The
Supreme Court of Justice arranged a public hearing for 7 March 2012, which set out the issues regarding the territories and the violence against the natives. Díaz' defense lawyer argued that the prosecution had ignored the evidence presented by Díaz, accepting only the police testimonies. In
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January 2013, Juan Daniel Asijak, Díaz' 16-year-old nephew, died following a road accident. He had been struck by a piece of rusty iron that did not seem to have resulted from the accident, and the family suspected murder. Two other Qom people died in similar incidents around this time.
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was the property of the family claiming the land. The
Interamerican Commission on Human Rights requested the Argentine authorities to take steps to ensure the safety of Díaz and his community, noting that despite a police presence, further threats had been made against the community.
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290:, hoping for a meeting with Claudio Avruj, the Secretary for Human Rights. Díaz stated that the government was not keeping its promises. In late March, Avruj reached an agreement with indigenous leaders to create a Consultative and Participative Council for Indigenous Peoples (
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of 1979. He decided not to remain in the army on learning of the abuses it was committing against
Argentine civilians. He was a Mormon pastor, public employee, and an official of the Institute against Discrimination (INADI). During the
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visited the camp on 3 November and was interviewed by Díaz. Macri promised to satisfy some of the indigenous peoples' demands if he became president. Díaz requested that the other candidate
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should also visit, but this did not take place. Díaz told the media: "Macri did not ask for our votes or our support for his candidacy... he promised to make progress on indigenous rights".
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at one of the tents. Around the same time unidentified persons broke into Radio Qom in
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Félix Díaz grew up in the Qom community of Potae
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demanded that the
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visited the camp on 1 September. He told the media that he supported the protest, and performed three songs. Díaz also appeared on the television program
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In August 2012, Díaz was run over by a van while riding his motorcycle. According to witnesses, the vehicle that hit the
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Díaz and people from other communities again set up a camp on 15 March 2016, this time in the former detention center
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Díaz proclaimed that after four years, agreements reached had not been implemented.
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in Buenos Aires. They were allied in a campaign known as
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