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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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1995
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A boy from the religious mission located in Puerto Ocopa, Satipo, displays a large scar made by a terrorist commander
1991
A group of Asháninkas organize into Self-Defense Committees
1991
Asháninka women, freed from a Shining Path camp
1991
Asháninka residents, freed from a Shining Path camp
1991
RESCUED ASHANINKAS
1991
ASHANINKA REFUGE
1991
FREED PERSONS
1991
Young people and Asháninka children carry weapons in Cutivireni, province of Satipo
1981
ASHANINKA WOMAN TREATED BY THE ARMY
Documents 13
Ashaninka Residents of Pangoa Report Mass Grave with More Than 30 Victims
Survivors informed members of the Ministerio Público forensic team that four clandestine burials correspond to the native community of Matzuriniari, where, they say, "comrade Feliciano" was based. Meanwhile, residents of …
Peru Begins Exhumations of the Ethnic Group That Shining Path Decimated
A forensic team has testimony of the existence of up to 160 Asháninka bodies. During two months of fieldwork in the central jungle of the department of Junín, a forensic …
Two New Mass Graves Found with Remains of the Asháninka People
In Pangoa. The native community of Unión Alto Saniveni was razed by terrorists in 1991, who murdered even children.
Remains of an Asháninka Woman Victim of Shining Path Exhumed
The Equipo Forense Especializado (EFE) visited Mapotoa and Yaynapango for a second time, on this occasion to carry out excavation work and the exhumation of the remains of Maribel María …
Mapotoa and Yaynapango, Scenes of Another Massacre Committed by Shining Path
More than a hundred Asháninka residents were victims of a systematic massacre in Pangoa, Satipo, carried out by Sendero Luminoso in the early 1990s, according to the combined total of …
Disappeared Asháninkas
Ignorance and disinformation are the foundations upon which a certain sector of Fujimorismo seeks to discredit the CVR, claiming it did not specifically report the mass grave apparently found in …
Cultural Heritage and Memory: Ten Years Later, a New Look at the Testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Ten years after the presentation of the Truth Commission's Report, I believe this is the moment to propose a different look at the testimonies — a perspective from which it …
Voices of the Women of the Central Jungle. Testimonies of Indigenous Women During the Internal Armed Conflict
This effort focuses on a fundamental aspect: gathering the voices of indigenous women from the central jungle who were victims of violence between 1980 and 2000. It should be noted …
FUJIMORI BEHAVED LIKE A HEROD
It is the outcry of the women sterilized in the Asháninka native community, decimated by "family planning."
Post-War Realities in Peru: Omissions, Denials and Their Consequences
In this working document, the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (IDEHPUCP) proposes a discussion on the relevance of the concept of postwar …
Assessment of the Displacement Process Due to Political Violence in Peru (1980–1997)
This report is a broad overview of the issue of displacement in Peru, based on the registry of NGOs from the Regional Roundtables that accompany displaced populations in the departments …
Between Play and War. Psychological and Sociocultural Resources of Asháninka Children in the Face of Political Violence
This text is situated within the singularly dramatic framework of political violence, which having erupted in the 1980s extended into the early 1990s. Specifically, it grows from the work experience …
Ashaninka Self-Defense, Indigenous Organizations, and Indigenous Autonomy
The native population, primarily the Ashaninka people of the central jungle, has been directly affected by the political violence unleashed in Peru. The Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) and Shining …