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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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Giving Account. Studies on Testimony of Political Violence in Peru (1980-2000)
This book is an incursion into the archive of testimonies about the political violence that occurred in Peru between 1980 and 2000, fundamental and little-studied material to date. The archive …
The Ghost of Violence and Oblivion Does Not Leave Putis
For the past 15 days, two narco-terrorist incursions have been disturbing the mourning that this community still lives through, decimated since 1983 by the terrorist group Shining Path and the …
Huanta Receives 92 Coffins from the Putis Massacre
The population of Huanta, a province in the Ayacucho region, today received with a large mobilization of authorities, public institutions, students, and human rights organizations 92 coffins of victims of …
Prosecutor Exhumes Remains of 18 People Who Disappeared 28 Years Ago in Peru
The remains of 18 people, including five minors, believed to belong to persons who disappeared since 1984 in the Peruvian region of Ayacucho, were exhumed from two graves in the …
Peru Must Prioritize the Exhumation of 15,000
In an interview with Terra magazine, the Director of the Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF), José Pablo Baraybar, noted that following the initial burial of the victims of the …
Children of Putis - Opinion Column
The CVR report, six years later. This Saturday, the remains of 25 of the 123 people — men, women, and children — who have been identified after nearly twenty-five years …
Peru: Collective Funeral 20 Years Later
The remains of 92 civilians were buried a quarter of a century after the Putis massacre, in Peru, one of the most tragic events of the armed conflict that pitted …
After 25 Years, Putis Victims Will Finally Be Buried with Dignity
Under the motto "Justice and solidarity for Putis, a dignified burial," the families of the victims of the Putis massacre — which took place in Ayacucho in December 1984 — …
Putis Speaks - Opinion Column
When Sendero Luminoso began its bloodthirsty actions, it had the community of Putis — and the surrounding ones — in its sights. In 1983 it murdered its lieutenant governor, leaving …
From "PISCITUMNA" to a HOLY GROUND
Last Friday, June 26, in the city of Ayacucho, while I was heading to buy my return ticket to Lima, I heard the moaning of a guitar and the nostalgic …
Putis: Genocide and Silence - Opinion Column
Putis, a small and extremely poor rural settlement in Huanta, Ayacucho, relives the genocidal horror of the war and of the counter-subversive strategy used against the brutal Shining Path terror …
Remains of Putis Massacre Victims Will Be Laid Out for Viewing
At a ceremony to be held on August 29 in the rural community of Putis, Ayacucho, a wake will be held for the remains of more than 120 peasants killed …
Photo Contradicts the Army's Account of a Military Base in Putis
Twenty-five years after the massacre of approximately one hundred peasants in Putis, Ayacucho, documentary evidence has emerged confirming that the Army established a military base in that community and that …
Relatives of Putis Massacre Still Demand Justice
Despite eight years having passed since the Ministerio Público began investigations into the Putis massacre, which occurred in 1984 in Ayacucho, the Fiscalía Penal Supranacional of that region has not …
Unanimous Condemnation Against Minister Rey
A unanimous rejection was sparked among journalists and representative press organizations by the attitude displayed last Wednesday by Defense Minister Rafael Rey toward our colleague Vilma Escalante, because the journalist …
Rafael Rey's Day of Fury with the Press
Defense Minister Rafael Rey faces his most difficult moment since taking office due to the controversial purchase of Chinese tanks. In that context, he clashed verbally with a journalist from …
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. …
MINDEF Must Hand Over Records on the Putis Case
The lawyer for the families of the victims of the Putis massacre (1984), Milton Campos, called it unacceptable that the Ministerio de Defensa (MINDEF) refuses to hand over the roster …
Things: Metonymy and Memory in the Commemoration of Social Traumas
Drawing on some recent discoveries about the functioning of episodic memory, this essay reflects on the ways in which the contemplation of certain objects can function as a stimulus for …
Putis: Neither Forgetting nor Forgiveness...!
Putis remains a poor peasant community in the highlands of Ayacucho, where on December 13, 1984, more than one hundred people (close to 400 according to some accounts), mostly children …
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, …
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 …
Enforced Disappearance in Peru. Problems and Challenges in the Post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission Justice Process
As the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is aware, the context in which enforced disappearance in Peru is situated is characterized by a structural weakness of the State …
The Truth, Five Years Later - Opinion Column
The only thing that seems to interest the detractors of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) is that the responsibility of members of the security forces in human …
The Mass Graves That Do Not Heal
Three days on the unpaved roads of Ayacucho help one experience, in one's back and kidneys, a small part of the endless drama in that department. The distance between districts …
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 …
Unearthing the War's Worst Massacre
The bodies were not difficult to locate, as they lay just below the surface. But the peasants of the southern Peruvian community of Putis had to persevere for 24 years …
Baraybar: "I Am a Radical of Truth"
A forensic team in Peru finished excavating a few weeks ago four mass graves in an area called Putis, in the province of Ayacucho (in the south of the country), …
The Largest Mass Grave
Reporters from the newspaper La República located, on Friday the 16th, one of the largest clandestine mass graves from the era of violence. The burial site conceals the remains of …