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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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 …
The objective of this article is to understand the political violence experienced in Peru through analysis of the uchronic perceptions of Senderista political prisoners regarding how they believe the political …
We can argue that disciplinary practices in prison implied something fundamental within Sendero Luminoso's policy, whether for the preservation of its cadres, safeguarding its ideological structure, and finally, preserving its …
This thesis focuses on the Peruvian prison system, especially the maximum-security prison Miguel Castro Castro and various Lima jails, such as Lurigancho and Santa Mónica, where the cell blocks dominated …
Although an ideological indoctrination school that had been operating inside Canto Grande prison was shut down a few days ago, concern remains among agents of the Directorate of Investigation Against …
In this book the author analyzes a crucial episode in Peru's recent history: the deaths at the Canto Grande prison (Lima) in May 1992 of inmates imprisoned for terrorism, an …
"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 …
This book traces the evolution of Sendero Luminoso's political prison work inside the prisons in which they were confined by the Peruvian state. The aim was to assign the prison …
The testimonies presented here come from women sentenced for terrorism and held in the Chorrillos prison. The guilt or innocence of those giving testimony is not at issue: some acknowledge …
The Ad Hoc Commission was created to address the problem of innocent people in prison unjustly accused of the crimes of terrorism and treason. The Ad Hoc Commission succeeded in …
This work attempts to present in a systematized form the social characteristics and personal histories of a group of women who are victims of the application of anti-terrorist legislation. From …
Between 1992 and 1996, Amnesty International documented at least 900 cases of Peruvians who claimed their innocence, insisting that they had been unjustly accused of terrorism. Of these, the organization …
Whatever one's political and ideological conviction, religious belief, level of education, social class or age, one cannot but be shaken by the horror of the murders committed against political prisoners …
This publication by Amnesty International forms part of Amnesty International's global campaign for the international protection of human rights. It recounts real cases that took place on Peruvian territory in …
This report is the result of Amnesty International's investigations into the disappearances, torture, and killing of political prisoners carried out by Peru's security forces during and after the riots that …