4 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
The impact of the final report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) throughout Peru has been profound. The reactions it has generated constitute an X-ray of the …
- Extrajudicial executions in peasant communities. - Massacres in peasant communities. - Enforced disappearances. - Arbitrary detentions and political prisoners. - Torture. - Judicial proceedings for violations committed in earlier …
The document describes two separate mass killings, one committed by guerrillas and another by the military. The report indicates that the military patrol that committed the killings was under the …
The Armed Forces' claim to have killed 13 terrorists in Ayacucho in October, including an SL leader, is coming under increasing scrutiny. The left-wing press alleges a massacre, reportedly based …
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In 1992, violence reached its highest peak in central Peru. Dynamite bombings, blackouts, sabotage, assassinations, disappearances, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions and guerrilla fighting became daily occurrences. Fear and anxiety gripped the population throughout the region. Among the most serious events of that year were the Ulcumayo massacre on February 8, …
The prison situation, poorly attended by the judges of penal execution, gave rise to riots and massacres in prisons where terrorism convicts were held. These events occurred in 1985, 1986 and 1992. The degrading conditions of human dignity in the prisons were not at all conducive to the rehabilitation of …
Throughout 1984, Uchuraccay was repeatedly attacked by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, the military and the peasant patrols of the surrounding communities. These attacks resulted in numerous deaths and the complete abandonment of the town. The survivors fled to the jungle, Tambo, Huanta, Huamanga and Lima. Not only did the State leave …
The district of Chungui was one of the territories most affected by the internal armed conflict in Peru. Between 1980 and 2000, 1,381 people were recorded dead and missing, almost 17% of the district's population counted in 1981. The conflict involved actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, the Armed Forces, and …