Paraguay: The Attorney General must investigate misuse of the criminal justice system against Indigenous communities in Itakyry

Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the Paraguayan Institute for Indigenous Affairs (Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena, INDI) to lodge a formal complaint with the Attorney General regarding a state prosecutor with Criminal Unit No. 3 in Hernandarias, Paraguay. The complaint concerns the alleged misuse of the criminal justice system against Ava Guaraní Indigenous communities, in the district of Itakyry, Department of Alto Paraná, in the context of a dispute over overlapping land titles between the communities and various individuals.

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