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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  1. Murder in Huaytara

    The witness recounts the murder of her husband in Huaytara, Huancavelica. The testimony was collected in November 2002 at the Central Regional Headquarters. This case is part of the multiple murders documented during the internal armed conflict in the Huancavelica region. The testimony reflects the emotional and psychological impact that …

    Huaytara, Huancavelica Informe CVR, BDI-SM-P117, BDI-II-P813, Testimonio 302397
  2. Testimony on father's murder in Huamanga, Ayacucho

    Testimony collected in Lima during October 2002 about the murder of the affiant's father in Huamanga, Ayacucho. The affiant recounts the physical and emotional consequences she suffered after her father's death, including serious health problems. The testimony is part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's documentation on the impacts of …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 248
  3. Testimony on murders of family members in Sivia, Huanta, Ayacucho

    Testimony collected by the CVR in October 2002 in Ayacucho. The declarant narrates the murders of some of her relatives that occurred in Sivia, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho. The testimony is part of the documentation on the psychological impacts of violence, specifically related to feelings of humiliation and …

    Sivia, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 194
  4. Testimony on the murder of relatives in Hatuncungullo

    A woman testified before the TRC in September 2002 about the murder of her relatives in Hatuncungullo, San Pedro de Cachi, province of Huamanga, department of Ayacucho. The testimony is part of the documentation compiled by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. …

    Hatuncungullo, San Pedro de Cachi, Huamanga, Ayacucho Informe CVR
  5. List of murdered uchuraccaínos submitted to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

    On June 1, 2002, the population of Uchuraccay handed over to the representatives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the "List of murdered Uchuraccaínos". This list was elaborated in two communal assemblies and documented the deaths of one hundred and thirty-five community members killed during the internal armed conflict. These …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR
  6. Visit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Uchuraccay

    In May 2002, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission visited the community of Uchuraccay. Upon learning of the Commission's arrival, some community members initially thought that it was going to "judge them for the massacre of the journalists" that took place in 1983. Once they overcame their initial mistrust, the community …

    Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, p. 114
  7. 135 dead uchuraccaínos list delivered to the CVR

    In May 2002, the villagers of Uchuraccay handed over to the members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a list with the names of 135 Uchuraccaínos who died as a result of political violence between 1983 and 1984. This delivery was part of the TRC's documentation work on the victims …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR (páginas 170, 176)
  8. Hearing of Primitivo Quispe

    Primitivo Quispe gave testimony at a public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ayacucho. His testimony is part of the thousands of testimonies compiled by the TRC that give an account of the feeling of exclusion and indifference experienced by the people and communities that were the …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR (página no especificada en el fragmento citado)
  9. Balance of the teachers' strike of 1991

    On August 22, 1991, the long teachers' strike was suspended. According to the newspaper La República, 2,000 teachers were arrested, twenty disappeared and 15 were murdered. The SUTEP Human Rights Secretariat attributed the deaths, which occurred in towns in a state of emergency, to the PCP-SL (5), paramilitary forces (4), …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1253-1254
  10. Huaycán mobilization with police repression

    The residents of Huaycán carried out a mobilization that was harshly repelled by the police with tear gas and counter-demonstration vehicles. One of the vehicles ran over two neighbors, killing Rafael Flores Echevarría and leaving Luis handicapped. In addition, the police arrested between 200 and 300 demonstrators. A few days …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2218-2219
  11. Establishment of Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa

    Faced with the violence that broke out in the department of Ucayali, the Catholic Church, through the Vicariate of Pucallpa, established in 1988 the Vicariate's Human Rights Office based in Pucallpa. This Office had two priority areas of attention: the area of complaints of human rights violations, with legal advice …

    Pucallpa, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 377-378
  12. Exhumation of the body of Severino Huáscar Morales

    On May 14, 1983 the corpse of Severino Huáscar Morales was exhumed from the Uchuraccay cemetery. The body was found in the corner of the north side of the cemetery, where several stones were piled up on top. The corpse was covered with a white balleta habit and presented perforations …

    Cementerio de Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR
  13. Beginning of the internal armed conflict in Peru

    The internal armed conflict in Peru began in 1980 with the actions of the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso. During the two decades of politically motivated violence, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded that the most likely number of fatalities exceeded 69,000 Peruvians killed or disappeared at the hands of …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 11, 13-14

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