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Most of the dozens of recent deaths protests in Peru they are from the population nativessuggesting “racist bias” in police and military use of force, Amnesty International (AI)
Most of the dozens of recent deaths protests in Peru they are from the population nativessuggesting “racist bias” in police and military use of force, Amnesty International (AI) said on Thursday.
AI Secretary General Agnès Callamard also said that despite government attempts to portray protesters as “terrorists or criminals”, most of those killed were protesters, bystanders and bystanders.
Almost all of them belonged poor, indigenous and peasant environmentsuggesting racial and socio-economic bias in the use of deadly force,” Callamar said at a press conference presenting the organization’s new report.
Peru faced a wave of protests between December and February after the removal of former President Pedro Castillo, who illegally tried to shut down Congress and rule by decree. Some 49 civilians have died in clashes with police or the army during the conflict, according to the ombudsman’s office.
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Protests demanded the resignation of the president Dina Boluarte, Castillo’s successor, closure of the Congress, promotion of elections and a new Constitution.
Boluarte, who denies abuse by the security forces and claims that some protesters acted violently by setting fire to public and private headquarters, was summoned May 31 to prosecutors who are investigating her for alleged crimes of “genocide, qualified murder and grievous bodily harm.” “. “.
nails 25 documented AI deaths, 15 of them were under the age of 21, many of them from poor or indigenous families, said the NGO, which condemned extrajudicial executions in February. The highest number of victims was recorded in the Andean regions of Ayacucho and Puno.
The organization said that in Lima, where the largest number of protests have been recorded and where only 20% of the population identifies as indigenous, one person has died. in Ayacucho where 82% indigenous, 10 people died.
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“In Lima, we did not see the same use of lethal force as in other regions,” Erica Guevara, director of Amnesty International for the Americas, told reporters.
AI reiterated that despite the “serious violations of human rights” in Peru, the prosecutor’s office had failed to do its job and emphasized that in order to ensure justice in these cases, local authorities should request international technical assistance for criminal investigations.
The organization asked President Boluarte to end “the use of lethal force and prohibited ammunition” at a time when social leaders from the Andean regions announced a resumption of anti-government protests in June.
(Reuters)
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