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Conaie, the country's largest indigenous organisation which led a national strike, said "five of us have been arbitrarily detained".

"I urge the security forces to desist from the use of unnecessary and disproportionate force and to immediately release all arbitrarily detained protesters," Türk said in a statement on Monday.

This, it said, allowed "countless" government officers, including "tens of thousands of local police officers", to "unilaterally and arbitrarily" issue orders for content removal.

Article 6 of the covenant holds: “Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”

"As a precursor to elections, they need to end the violence, release all those arbitrarily detained, and allow all political parties to register and participate instead of dissolving opposition parties," the NGO said.