mayor

Timeline Events 2

• Jan. 1, 1983

  Violence Against Women in Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho

  In 1983, in the community of Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho, the mayor was threatened with death by the PCP-SL to force his resignation. When he refused, the senderistas entered his home, detained his wife, and murdered her. Her body showed signs of having been sexually assaulted.

  Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho, Peru CVR, página 283

  #violence #sexual assault #pcp-sl #ayacucho #Peru #1983
• Jan. 1, 1985

  Torture and Intimidation by PCP-SL in Ayacucho

  In 1985, members of the PCP-SL interrupted a communal assembly in Chiara, Ayacucho, and demanded the resignation of the local mayor. When the mayor did not step down, thirty members of the PCP-SL returned to the town, captured him, and subjected him to a 'popular punishment' of thirty lashes in …

  Chiara, province of Andahuaylas, department of Ayacucho, Peru

  #pcp-sl #ayacucho #torture #intimidation #1985 #human rights