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Testimony collected in Sicuani in October 2002 documenting the mistreatment and torture suffered by a detainee in Yanamayo prison, located in Puno. The declarant narrates the conditions of humiliation and physical and psychological mistreatment he experienced during his imprisonment in this maximum security penitentiary. This testimony is part of the …
A witness recounted the mistreatment he suffered in the Yanamayo prison, located in Puno. This testimony is part of the denunciations of prison conditions in the maximum security prisons, which since 1992 have become spaces that have undermined everything that gives security to human beings. The testimony was collected in …
Testimony of a person who was detained and imprisoned, where he recounts the conditions of mistreatment and humiliation experienced in prison. The declarant describes how at 12 o'clock at night they were taken out one by one, stripped naked and doused with water, and interrogated about alleged activities and people …
There was an attack against the Qenqoro prison with a dump truck full of explosives, and several subversive members of the PCP-SL and MRTA managed to escape. This attack demonstrates the operational capacity of the subversive groups and their strategy to free their imprisoned militants.
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 …
On September 8, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault on the Huancapi prison in the province of Fajardo. This event took place in the context of a series of armed actions aimed at expelling the police from rural areas and consolidating the territorial control of the PCP-SL in …
The PCP-SL carried out the assault on the prison (CRAS) in the city of Ayacucho, the most important military action in this period. In this action the main detachments that the SL had managed to form in its Main Regional Committee converged. It was as a result of this assault …
The assault on the High Security Prison (CRAS) of Huamanga took place, from where 304 inmates managed to escape, of which approximately 70 were hikers. The attackers spread throughout the city, dispersing and pinning down the police with gunfire while they subdued the prison guards. The Army troops did not …
The Shining Path PCP carried out an assault on the CRAS prison (Centro de Readaptación Social) of Huamanga in March 1982, managing to escape prisoners. This was one of the events of greatest impact during the initial period of the internal armed conflict, together with the assaults on police posts …
Regarding the content of this publication, we also find it necessary to provide a brief explanation. Before the public opinion that followed the Commission's work very closely — treated as …
The objective of this article is to understand the political violence experienced in Peru through analysis of the uchronic perceptions of Senderista political prisoners regarding how they believe the political …
We can argue that disciplinary practices in prison implied something fundamental within Sendero Luminoso's policy, whether for the preservation of its cadres, safeguarding its ideological structure, and finally, preserving its …
This thesis focuses on the Peruvian prison system, especially the maximum-security prison Miguel Castro Castro and various Lima jails, such as Lurigancho and Santa Mónica, where the cell blocks dominated …
Although an ideological indoctrination school that had been operating inside Canto Grande prison was shut down a few days ago, concern remains among agents of the Directorate of Investigation Against …
In this book the author analyzes a crucial episode in Peru's recent history: the deaths at the Canto Grande prison (Lima) in May 1992 of inmates imprisoned for terrorism, an …
"The Inter-American Commission brought a lawsuit before the Court against the State of Peru (hereinafter 'the State' or 'Peru'). This lawsuit originated in complaints No. 11.015 and 11.769, received by …
This book traces the evolution of Sendero Luminoso's political prison work inside the prisons in which they were confined by the Peruvian state. The aim was to assign the prison …
The testimonies presented here come from women sentenced for terrorism and held in the Chorrillos prison. The guilt or innocence of those giving testimony is not at issue: some acknowledge …
The Ad Hoc Commission was created to address the problem of innocent people in prison unjustly accused of the crimes of terrorism and treason. The Ad Hoc Commission succeeded in …
This work attempts to present in a systematized form the social characteristics and personal histories of a group of women who are victims of the application of anti-terrorist legislation. From …
Between 1992 and 1996, Amnesty International documented at least 900 cases of Peruvians who claimed their innocence, insisting that they had been unjustly accused of terrorism. Of these, the organization …
Whatever one's political and ideological conviction, religious belief, level of education, social class or age, one cannot but be shaken by the horror of the murders committed against political prisoners …
This publication by Amnesty International forms part of Amnesty International's global campaign for the international protection of human rights. It recounts real cases that took place on Peruvian territory in …
This report is the result of Amnesty International's investigations into the disappearances, torture, and killing of political prisoners carried out by Peru's security forces during and after the riots that …