Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

Critics warn the law would hinder the search for truth about the victims of Peru’s decades-long armed conflict.

Bill 7549/2023-CR grants amnesty to members of the Armed Forces, the Peruvian National Police, Self-Defense Committees and State officials denounced or prosecuted for crimes committed between 1980 and ...

UN experts on Thursday warned that the Peruvian Congress' approval of a bill granting amnesty to persons who committed serious human rights violations during the internal armed conflict between 1980 ...

In this final report, Amnesty International points out that Peruvian authorities – including Peru’s President Dina Boluarte and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) – praised the ...

Amnesty International has accused Peruvian authorities of acting with “a marked racist bias” in its crackdown on protests that have roiled the country since December, saying “populations ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) condemns the recent adoption of the Amnesty Law and urges the Peruvian State ...

Amnesty International (AI) Thursday conveyed its concern to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte regarding human rights violations in the South American country ahead of its July 28 Independence Day ...

Lima, Peru, Oct 27, 2010 / 11:51 am. Amnesty International has announced it will give Peru's ministry of health a petition signed by 11,000 people calling for the legalization of abortion.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, could be criminally responsible and topped the chain of command that led to dozens of deaths during protests at the beginning of her ...

(CNN) — Peruvian security forces carried out widespread attacks against protestors with “extrajudicial executions “and “widespread use of lethal ammunition” earlier this year, while ...

Report comes as Peru declares Mexican President Lopez Obrador persona non grata after he criticised protest response. ... — Amnesty International (@amnesty) May 25, 2023.