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.
The National Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization on April 5, 1990, denouncing illegal detentions of workers at the Marcavalle barracks. The detained workers were Edgar Bujaico, Martín Mucha Aliaga, Edgar Julián Mauricio, Abdón Acuña Asto, Oscar Pariona Clemente, …
The Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú (FNTMMSP) filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) denouncing actions against freedom of association by the Peruvian State. The complaint alleged the detention of Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the FNTMMSP, on November 20, 1989, who up …
Alcides Palomino Aronés, leader of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), was assassinated on December 10, 1989 in Ayacucho. According to the report, the perpetrator was allegedly a military patrol. This murder took place in a context of systematic violence against union and social leaders during …
On December 7, 1989, the Peruvian government ordered the prosecution of 300 doctors for their compliance with the strike maintained by their union. This was one of a series of violations of freedom of association documented by the CGTP during that year. The government measure took place in a context …
Javier Antonio Alarcón Guzmán, leader of the FENDUP (National Federation of University Teachers of Peru), was kidnapped and disappeared in December 1989 in the department of Junín. This case is part of a series of disappearances and murders of union and social leaders that occurred during the internal armed conflict …
Saturdino Calapuja Salazar, a member of the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), was kidnapped in December 1989 in Lima. After participating in a CGTP meeting, he was kidnapped and ill-treated. He was later found in an agonizing state in downtown Lima. This case is part of a series of …
On November 7, 1989, the Peruvian government declared the strike call by the Mining Federation illegal. Simultaneously, the National Police raided several homes of workers and union leaders in the mining center of La Oroya. As part of the repressive measures, the right to assembly in the mining centers was …
Demetrio Palomino, leader of the Agrarian Federation of Ayacucho, was assassinated in November 1989. His death was perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) as part of a systematic offensive against social and union leaders in the country. The case was registered in the complaints filed with the International Labor Organization …
On August 1, 1989, the National Police violently repressed a march of doctors who were on strike over labor demands. The repression was particularly brutal, using pellets to break up the demonstrations. The Medical Federation denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets …
On July 8, 1989, the National Police violently intervened with firearms and tear gas at an assembly being held at the premises of the Federation of Civil Construction Workers. The police intervention left one worker dead, identified as Manuel Maman Romeno, and four wounded by gunshot. This event was part …
On February 9, 1989, a peaceful march of approximately 8,000 peasants in the city of Pucallpa was violently repressed by the National Police. The march was the culmination of a strike over peasant demands. This event was part of a series of violations of freedom of association and repression of …
On January 4, 1989, there was an attack by police forces against the Union of Workers of the Peruvian Telephone Company (CPT). The attack occurred while a union meeting was taking place at the union's premises. The workers had previously held a peaceful march in support of their wage demands. …
During the national strike of March 10, 1983, four workers were murdered in Lima (Comas) by the Republican Guard. The victims were Sixto Pérez Sánchez, José Antonio Monayco, Liborio Alfonso Aguilar and Hermenegildo Julián Huatuco. This event was documented in complaints filed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part …
Juan Coaccza Chifana, leader of the Federation of Municipal Workers of Peru, died in May 1980 in Lima. According to complaints filed with the ILO (International Labor Organization), the alleged perpetrator of his death was the Civil Guard. This case is one of the violations of freedom of association documented …
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