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CHILEAN feminist collective Las Tesis has hit out after a court rejected a case brought by the military police who accused it of creating animosity against them with a song that protests against violence against women.
The carabineros had accused the group of “inciting hatred and disobedience against authority” with A Rapist in Your Path, which was first performed on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in November 2019.
Police filed a lawsuit against four members of Las Tesis, claiming to have felt intimidated and fearful of attacks in the wake of the performance outside a police station.
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