The reprehensible image surprised some of those present. As he was able to know LMNeuquén This is a neighbor recognized in the Rio Negro town for his usual strange behaviors.
Weeks ago, in Neuquén, Nazi symbols appeared in graffiti. In this sense, the mural on institutional violence made by the plastic artist Elisa Algranati was vandalized once again. A swastika crosssymbol of Nazism, was stamped on the faces of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. The author asks that they investigate who is carrying out these acts of violence that have various antecedents.
The mural is located on a wall of the Highways headquarters on Tucumán Street, in the center of Neuquén. And this week is the third time he has been attacked. They had also done it on another mural located on Talero Street.
The Doctor Gregorio Álvarez House Museum was also attacked by vandals with similar graffiti in the middle of last year. At that time, the Provincial Directorate of Cultural Heritage considered that “these sad events only reinforce our convictions in relation to those who refuse to recognize the terrible acts of the last de facto government. In addition, they encourage us to reaffirm and maintain our “unwavering commitment to memory, truth and justice.”
What the law says about Nazism
Adolf Hitler was the highest authority in Germany between 1933 and 1945, concluding his mandate coinciding with the end of World War II. He imposed a regime based on racial superiority and ordered the kidnapping, torture and murder of nearly 11 million Jews. Those responsible for the Holocaust were mostly captured and convicted.
Paragraph 86 of the German Penal Code prohibited and condemns the use of the swastika, the Hitler salute, the anthem of the Nazi party: the use and distribution of Nazi symbols and songs.
In Argentina, the Law 23,592 on Measures against Discriminatory Acts, approved and promulgated by the National Congress in August 1998, establishes prison sentences for those who carry out propaganda based on theories of racial superiority.
The articles:
Article 1: Whoever arbitrarily prevents, obstructs, restricts or in any way undermines the full exercise on equal bases of the fundamental rights and guarantees recognized in the National Constitution, will be obliged, at the request of the victim, to annul the discriminatory act or cease its execution and repair the moral and material damage caused.
For the purposes of this article, discriminatory acts or omissions determined by reasons such as race, religion, nationality, ideology, political or union opinion, sex, economic position, social condition or physical characteristics will be considered in particular.
Art. 2.- The minimum and one-half the maximum of the criminal scale of any crime repressed by the Penal Code or complementary laws is raised by one third when it is committed out of persecution or hatred of a race, religion or nationality, or with the aim of destroying or in part to a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. In no case may the legal maximum of the type of penalty in question be exceeded.
Art. 3.- They will be repressed with imprisonment from one month to three years those who participate in an organization or carry out propaganda based on ideas or theories of superiority of a race or a group of people of a certain religion, ethnic origin or color, whose purpose is the justification or promotion of racial or religious discrimination in any shape.
The same penalty will be incurred by those who, by any means, encourage or incite persecution or hatred against a person or groups of people because of their race, religion, nationality or political ideas.
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The Government sent a fiscal package to Congress and hopes to begin discussing it next week.
Art 4.- It is declared mandatory to display at the entrance to dance venues, recreation venues, performance halls, bars, restaurants or other public access venues, in a clear and visible manner, the text of article 16 of the National Constitution, along with that of the law.
Art 5.- The text indicated in the previous article will have a dimension of at least thirty centimeters (30) wide, forty (40) high and will be arranged vertically.
At the bottom, a highlighted box must be included with the following legend:
‘Faced with any discriminatory act, you can appeal to the police authority and/or civil court on duty, who have the obligation to take your complaint.’
Art. 6.- A fine of $500 to $1,000 will be imposed on the owner, organizer or person responsible for dance venues, recreation venues, performance halls or other venues with public access who do not strictly comply with the provisions of articles 4 and 5 of this law.
