Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
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Ada Ochoa Solano - Widow of Felandro Castillo Manrique - Pativilca Case (Caraqueño)
Ideeleradio interview with Dr. Gloria Cano
Dr. Gloria Cano on the Resolution of the National Criminal Chamber, the pardon and the death penalty
Interview with Maria Luisa Tello - Granddaughter of Santiago Tello (Cayara Case)
Interview with Cesáreo Calderón - Father of John Calderón Ríos (Pativilca Case)
Interview with Tania Pariona - Pativilca Case Hearing
Place of memory, tolerance and social inclusion
Dr. Gloria Cano - Aprodeh Lawyer - On the verdict in the "Cabitos" case
Abimael and the birth of Shining Path
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 3
"La hoyada: Sanctuary of memory". Documentary
Cayara case. Interview with mayor David Ccayo.
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 2
27 years after the Cayara massacre
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Trailer
Video
2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 1
Inauguration of the "Place of Memory"
Chavín de Huantar: the heroes who gave their lives 17 years ago speak. Report
"Cabanino: the death express". Documentary.
Testimony of Juana Bustos Huamaní
Achka Illaki kallpanchawaraku (So much pain gave us strength and courage) - Documentary
"Accomarca". Documentary
Interview with Gloria Cano. CVR+10
Willakusqaykichik kunan (I want to tell you something) - Documentary
Martyrs of Uchuraccay. Fragment of the documentary "Traces of the path"
Huanta 840 - Documentary
Shining Path: The terror that a Peruvian must not forget. Report
War photographers. Report.
Los Cabitos case. Interview with Gloria Cano, from APRODEH
Other memories: Memory. Gabriela Flores.
Interview with Gloria Cano about the El Frontón massacre
Interview with Gloria Cano on impunity. Cases like La Cantuta and the Colina Group.
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 6
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 7
Unpublished testimonies about the El Frontón massacre. Report
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 8
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 15
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 3
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 16
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 10
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 4
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 11
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 12
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 13
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 14
"Spreading the truth". Documentary.
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 1
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 2
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 5
Documents 50
Of Terror and Shadows
Barrios Altos and La Cantuta are the cases that could put former President Fujimori behind bars. Most Peruvians know fragments of what happened — broken accounts, painful images — but …
Peru: A Tribunal Orders Fujimori to Stand Trial for Another 1992 Massacre
A Peruvian court ordered that former President Alberto Fujimori be tried for the massacre of six people in 1992, ruling that he lacks immunity despite having been pardoned and granted …
Standards of Peruvian Constitutional Law and International Law on the Obligation to Combat Impunity for Crimes Against Humanity. Amicus Curiae
The Idehpucp, together with Abogados sin Fronteras – Canadá, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Fundación para el Debido Proceso, Clinique internationale de défense des droits humains, …
Right of Grace – Pativilca Case. Amicus Curiae
The Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica (Idehpucp), the Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) of …
Judicial Resolution Issued by the National Criminal Chamber on the Pativilca Case
Judicial ruling issued by the Sala Penal Nacional in the Pativilca case, resolving that the humanitarian pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori does not apply, and therefore he is not …
Fujimori Barred from Leaving the Country Over the Pativilca Massacre
The Poder Judicial issued a travel ban against former President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000) in connection with the Pativilca massacre that occurred in 1992, carried out by the "Colina" group made …
Alberto Fujimori: The 4 Key Points for Understanding the Pativilca Case
Former President Alberto Fujimori will be tried for the indirect perpetration of the murder of six peasants at the hands of the paramilitary group Colina in the district of Pativilca …
The Judiciary Denies Fujimori a Pardon for the Pativilca Massacre Trial
Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional, led by Judge Miluska Cano, ordered today that former President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori be tried as a defendant in the Pativilca massacre, in …
Public Prosecutor's Office Requests Consolidation of Pativilca and Ventocilla Cases
Senior prosecutor Daniel Jara requested that Panel B of the Sala Penal Nacional consolidate the Pativilca and Ventocilla cases due to the same suspects being involved in both judicial proceedings. …
El Frontón Case: Judiciary Considers It a Crime Against Humanity
The alleged crimes of aggravated homicide in the form of murder with ferocity and by explosion, for which 35 former naval officers are being prosecuted in the El Frontón Case, …
Alberto Fujimori: The Pativilca Massacre, the Crime for Which the Former President May Now Be Tried
The Chilean Supreme Court today approved the expansion of the extradition of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, who can now be tried by the justice system for crimes against humanity …
Pativilca Case: The Tragic Episode That Led to the Extension of Alberto Fujimori's Extradition
Among the crimes committed by former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the case of the nine students and the professor from La Cantuta, and that of the victims from the Barrios …
Letter to the Newspaper Perú 21. Complaint About the Publication of a Comic Strip That Offends the Memory of the Dead of Barrios Altos
We greet you on behalf of the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH), an institutional platform that brings together 78 organizations at the national level that defend and promote human …
Los Cabitos. Horror and Death
The publication of a book about what happened at the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho in 1983 invites reflection on a tragedy that some wish to silence (Cuartel Los Cabitos. …
Los Cabitos Barracks: A Place of Horror and Death
The path traveled by the victims, their families, and APRODEH is the book written by Gloria Cano, executive director of the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH). It narrates the situation …
Between Stigma and Silence. Memory of Violence Among Students of UNMSM and UNSCH
The present research — Entre el estigma y el silencio: memoria de la violencia entre estudiantes de la UNMSM y la UNSCH — deals precisely with one of the institutions …
Reflections at the Foot of 136 Corpses
In the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho, 59 complete skeletons were found, along with bones corresponding to more than one hundred bodies out of a much larger total number of …
Report to Congress on the Events in the Prisons
Regarding the content of this publication, we also find it necessary to provide a brief explanation. Before the public opinion that followed the Commission's work very closely — treated as …
CNM Launched Investigation Against Villa Stein and Four Supreme Court Judges
The Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura, as the sole disciplinary body for Supreme Court judges, agreed yesterday to open a preliminary investigation into the magistrates of the Sala Penal of …
Former Head of the SIE Contributed to the Crimes of Yauri and El Santa
Army Colonel (ret.) Alberto Pinto, close friend of Fujimori and Montesinos, will be released following an acquittal by the supreme chamber presided over by Villa Stein. Between January and October …
The Verdict in the Barrios Altos Case: The New Instrument of Impunity
Last Friday the Sala Penal Permanente of the Corte Suprema de Justicia made public the ruling in the Barrios Altos case, following a television interview with the president of that …
Puka Amauta. Life and Work of President Gonzalo at 20 Years of His Detention
Book that seeks to highlight the figure of the imprisoned terrorist leader Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, and vindicates his role as a "social fighter" and "revolutionary." A text that allows one …
The Colina Group Surpassed: The Death Squad in Ayacucho
In December 1990, through their contacts with the police and the armed forces (FF AA), expert Political Officers from the US Embassy in Lima personally interrogated a police sergeant who …
Santa Bárbara Case
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE. 2. PROCEDURAL DESCRIPTION. 3. OBSERVATION OF THE NEW ORAL TRIAL.
They Denounce Government Delay in the Extradition of Those Guilty of the Accomarca Massacre
On the 24th anniversary of the Accomarca massacre (Ayacucho), in which 69 people were killed by the Ejército Peruano, the bereaved and survivors have yet to find justice, denounced a …
Ayacucho Prosecutor's Office Will Reveal How 26 Peasants Died in 1984
A military incursion into the community of Huarapite, district of Chiara in Ayacucho, on April 5, 1984, left 26 people dead. Twenty-five years later, the Segunda Fiscalía Penal Supraprovincial de …
Lack of Resources Prevents Identification of Peasants Murdered in Putis in Ayacucho
After 24 years, twenty-eight of the 92 peasants murdered by soldiers in the Ayacucho village of Putis have been identified and buried, thanks to the painstaking work of the Equipo …
Biopolitical Reading of the Government Acts of Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori
This study aims to establish, through a biopolitical lens, that Peru, during the government of Alberto Fujimori, was under a permanent state of exception; in which army barracks were used …
Attorney General's Office Delivers 92 Remains of Putis Massacre Victims to Families
Amid heartbreaking scenes of grief, representatives of the Ministerio Público handed over the remains of 92 victims killed in the massacre that occurred in Putis, Ayacucho, on December 13, 1984. …
Beatriz Merino: It Is Inadmissible That No One Has Been Sanctioned for the Crimes of Putis
The Defensora del Pueblo, Beatriz Merino, expressed her dismay at the fact that, to date, no one has been sanctioned for the crimes committed in the community of Putis, Ayacucho, …
Crime Without Punishment
Army Commander General Edwin Donayre abandoned last Tuesday his repeated commitment to the ongoing human rights investigations and chose to upend the table: "Excesses and human rights violations must be …
Shining Path: Capitulatory Coincidences
Some time ago, here at El Diario Internacional, we noted that if the "Proseguir" group — which for a time opposed capitulation and the "peace letters" — failed to make …
Case of Miguel Castro Castro Prison vs. Peru (Judgment)
"The Inter-American Commission brought a lawsuit before the Court against the State of Peru (hereinafter 'the State' or 'Peru'). This lawsuit originated in complaints No. 11.015 and 11.769, received by …
Census 2001–2003. Preliminary list of widows from the armed conflict 1980–2000
Partial alphabetical list of 7,258 widows, mentioning the cause of death of the spouse.
The Serious Human Rights Violations During Alberto Fujimori's Term (1990–2000)
Among the cases of serious violations of fundamental rights documented by the CVR during the years in which Alberto Fujimori was president are: torture and enforced disappearances, the extrajudicial execution …
Death in the Pentagonito
This book recounts events involving Peruvian military personnel and subversives between 1982 and 1993. It is written from their perspective and not from that of their victims. Therefore, it does …
Violence against girls and boys
Why publish the CVR report on the impact of 20 years of political violence on children in Peru? The answer is simple: no one can doubt that it was precisely …
The Tragedy of Lucanamarca
On April 3, 1983, "Presidente Gonzalo" ordered his followers to make an example of the Ayacuchan town of Santiago de Lucanamarca. That day, the terrorists killed sixty-nine people with axes, …
Eye for an Eye. The True Story of the Colina Group
Can one fight a cannibal by devouring the cannibal, or an arsonist by burning down his house? The civilized answer will opt for a calm "no." But if fear enters …
The Voices of the Disappeared: Testimony of Family Members
The testimonies gathered in this publication reveal the magnitude of the human pain carried by the relatives of the disappeared, and the marks that absence and inexplicable, unanswered void have …
Pinochet. The Figures of Horror: The Rettig Report
To clarify the full truth about the most serious human rights violations, the Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación was established on April 25, 1990, headed by lawyer Raúl Retting. …
1st Convention of Organizations and the Masses for an Authentic Truth Commission
During the development of this event, motions were presented for each of the topics, which, after debates and with contributions, observations, and suggestions, were approved; these constituting proposals, conclusions, agreements, …
Crime and Impunity. The "Colina Group" and Power
The purpose of this book is to keep alive in national memory the recollection of crimes and attacks committed by an operational group of an official organization, whose abominable actions …
Barbarism Looms Over Lima Again
A car bomb containing approximately 100 kilograms of explosives detonated at 4:20 in the early morning of Wednesday the 24th, in front of the casino of the Hotel María Angola, …