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.
During a demonstration by mine workers in La Oroya in November 1991, the military arrested all the leaders participating in the mobilization. This repressive action was part of the military's strategy to control the mining union movement in the central region. The arrests were part of a systematic pattern of …
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 …
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 …
In June 1989, the mining businessmen of Huancavelica used the media to accuse all the leaders of the mining unions in the region of being terrorists. This public accusation provoked the military to arrest and torture the accused union leaders. The accusations took place in a context of labor conflict …
Patrocinio Quicha Espinoza, Hernán Gutiérrez Araujo, Virgilio Huaranca and Estilo Ayala, all members of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), were killed between April 10 and 14, 1983 in the towns of Cangallo and Huamanga. These events occurred in the context of the repression against union …
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