Feb 20, 2021 15:09
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Spanish term
"explosiones oculares"
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Human rights
Explosiones oculares, tortura, muertes, abusos sexuales
This is in a newspaper report about human rights abuses in Chile
This is in a newspaper report about human rights abuses in Chile
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3 +7 | burst eyeballs | Marie Wilson |
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burst eyeballs
If this is about demonstarions, maybe due to rubber bullets:
More than 445 people have suffered eye injuries in the nearly five months of unrest in Chile over social inequality. More than 34 have either lost an eye or their eyeball burst from an impact. Others have been completely blinded.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/3/16/he-saw-white-wh...
Hospital sources told local media that the man suffered a “burst eyeball” in a wound “consistent with a rubber bullet”.
https://www.thelocal.es/20191015/barcelona-protester-loses-a...
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Note added at 19 mins (2021-02-20 15:29:29 GMT)
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Or "Globe Rupture":
The 2019–2020 Chilean protests are characterised by widespread eye injuries, including many globe ruptures ("exploded eyes"), among protesters as result of Chilean riot police's use of "rubber" bullets and tear gas grenades
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_injury_in_the_2019–2020_Ch...
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-02-20 16:13:06 GMT)
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And another one, all meaning the same:
UN team gathers accounts of injuries during Chile's protestsapnews.com › article
The team on Friday heard accounts about ruptured eyeballs, broken bones and other serious injuries inflicted by police pellets or the impact of ..
This seems to refer to collateral damage, as it is mentioned as a separate item to torture.
More than 445 people have suffered eye injuries in the nearly five months of unrest in Chile over social inequality. More than 34 have either lost an eye or their eyeball burst from an impact. Others have been completely blinded.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/3/16/he-saw-white-wh...
Hospital sources told local media that the man suffered a “burst eyeball” in a wound “consistent with a rubber bullet”.
https://www.thelocal.es/20191015/barcelona-protester-loses-a...
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Note added at 19 mins (2021-02-20 15:29:29 GMT)
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Or "Globe Rupture":
The 2019–2020 Chilean protests are characterised by widespread eye injuries, including many globe ruptures ("exploded eyes"), among protesters as result of Chilean riot police's use of "rubber" bullets and tear gas grenades
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_injury_in_the_2019–2020_Ch...
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-02-20 16:13:06 GMT)
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And another one, all meaning the same:
UN team gathers accounts of injuries during Chile's protestsapnews.com › article
The team on Friday heard accounts about ruptured eyeballs, broken bones and other serious injuries inflicted by police pellets or the impact of ..
This seems to refer to collateral damage, as it is mentioned as a separate item to torture.
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