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Argentina: Treatment of police officers, particularly members of the Mendoza provincial police, who criticize the authorities' provisions for police safety (1998-2000)

No reports of the treatment of police officers who criticize the authorities' provisions for police safety could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

However, on 21 October 2000 the Mendoza newspaper Diario Los Andes reported that authorities in Mendoza had taken steps to address provincial police officers' unhappiness regarding working conditions. Measures announced by the government included the proposed hiring of 700 additional personnel, replacement of old equipment and provision of housing subsidies to officers (ibid.). In an earlier report, Diario Los Andes claimed that the government was facing difficulties in retaining police personnel and in attracting new recruits (ibid. 24 Sept. 2000). According to Edgardo Magri, leader of the Union of Police Personnel of the Republic of Argentina (Unión Personal Policial de la República Argentina, UPPRA), which represents some Mendoza police officers, many uniformed personnel are leaving the force because of the long hours they are forced to work, lack of government support, and the existence of laws which are detrimental to officers' safety (ibid.; ibid. 21 Oct. 2000).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

Diario Los Andes [Mendoza]. 21 October 2000. "Críticas de los azules y promesas del Gobierno en el aniversario de la Policía." <http://www.losandes.com.ar> [Accessed 22 Oct. 2000]

_____. 24 September 2000. "Mendoza más insegura: en un año y medio se retiraron unos 600 policías." <http://www.losandes.com.ar> [Accessed 25 Sept. 2000]

Additional Sources Consulted

Confederación General del Trabajo.

IRB databases.

LEXIS-NEXIS.

Unión del Personal de la Seguridad de la República Argentina.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact three oral sources.

Internet sites including:

Amnesty International.

Canal 9 Televida [Mendoza]. Sintesis de noticias. Aug.-Nov. 2000.

Clarín [Buenos Aires]. 1998-2000.

Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT)

Cuyo Noticias [Mendoza]. Aug.-Nov. 2000

Diario Los Andes [Mendoza]. Mar.-May; Sept.-Nov. 2000.

Human Rights Watch.

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

Mercodatos.

La Nación [Buenos Aires]. 1998-2000.

Policías de Argentina.