Human rights organizations repudiated the attack on a worker from the bus terminal in the city of Saint Clare of the Sea by Joseph Schulman. Through a statement, expressed their “absolute solidarity” with the woman and they ratified the “unconditional commitment to punish this type of behavior and the unrestricted defense of rights.”
“Given the act of gender violence of which a worker at the bus terminal in the city of Santa Clara del Mar was the victim, the undersigned Human Rights Organizations We express our absolute solidarity with the employee who was physically, verbally and psychologically assaulted.”, stated the document signed, among others, by the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora.
And they added: “We also reiterate our complete rejection of any act of violence against a woman for his condition as such and we ratify our unconditional commitment to the punishment of this type of behavior and the unrestricted defense of the rights”.
The released document also bears the signature of Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained for Political Reasons, Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, Good Memory Civil Association, Relatives and Companions of the Twelve of the Holy Cross, Truth and Justice Memory Commission North Zone, La Matanza Permanent Assembly for Human Rights and Argentine Historical and Social Memory Foundation.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, repudiated the attack on the employee of the transport company. “Gender violence is inadmissible in any situation,” she said, adding that “the fact is absolutely inadmissible.”
In statements to Infobaethe official indicated that the complaint had already been filed and, in that sense, she stated: “It is the responsibility of the Judicial Power to guarantee that Justice is done, and we hope that it will be so.”
The fact
Last Thursday, José Ernesto Schulman, president of the Argentine League for Human Rights (LADH), attacked a ticket seller at the bus terminal from Santa Clara of the Sea.
The episode was recorded by the local video camera and in the images you can see the man arguing, taking pictures and then going behind the counter to attack her.
After the diffusion of the images, Schulman posted a message on his personal Facebook account in which he was sorry for what happened and apologized.
“To my colleagues, I publicly apologize for having carried out reprehensible conduct, in a bus terminal. I am aware that my behavior towards a female worker It was unacceptable and nothing justifies it.”he maintained in the statement.
“As many know, I am physically disabled and they spent many hours waiting for a bus to return, which caused me enormous pain and dislocated me,” he argued.
“That was really what happened to me. I am very sorry for these actions, contrary to my convictions and so I let the worker know”, he concluded.
Likewise, from the LADH they spoke about what happened and reported that the leader “told us what happened and requested a license from his responsibilities and made himself available to what the agency has.”
And they added: “Consequently, this management has decided to accept the license request and begin an evaluation process to take the corresponding measures.”