Letter from Amnesty International to Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Amnesty International sent letters to Belaúnde Terry denouncing human rights violations in the anti-subversive struggle. The president rejected the letters in August 1983, calling AI 'communist' and stating that they would go 'to the garbage can'.
Amnesty International (AI) sent letters to President Fernando Belaúnde Terry pointing out that human rights violations and excesses were being committed in the anti-subversive struggle. The president rejected the letters on August 18, 1983, calling the institution 'communist' and declaring that the letters would go 'directly to the trash can'. Subsequently, in September, AI circulated another letter to the president denouncing human rights violations, which generated debate in Congress with support from IU and PAP, and rejection from AP.