Prosecution of 300 physicians
The Peruvian government ordered the prosecution of 300 physicians for participating in the strike of their union. This act was part of the violations of freedom of association documented during 1989.
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 of intense repression against the medical union movement, which had previously suffered violent police repression. The Medical Federation had previously denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets by the police to break up demonstrations during the August 1989 strike.