Government of Dina Boluarte contradicts Amnesty International: “There is no massive violation of rights or systemic racism” in Peru
The AI mission sent to Peru traveled to Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco between January 29 and February 11. Photo: AFPThe administration of Dina Boluarte replied this Saturday to the report of International Amnesty (AI), which denounced the “generalized attacks” on the population by law enforcement during the protests the day before. 80% of the victims are concentrated in regions with Andean and peasant populations in the highlands of the countryThe organization also warned that the country’s “serious human rights crisis” has been fueled by racism and criminalization against indigenous and peasant communities. In presenting their findings, the AI Director for the Americas, Erika Guevarainsisted that the “excessive and disproportionate use of force”, which included “illegitimate use of lethal weapons and less lethal weapons indiscriminately”, has left a “fatal and tragic” balance, which “deepens the systemic racism that exists in the authorities of the State”. “The Peruvian authorities have allowed, for more than two months, the excessive and lethal use of force to be the Government’s only response to the social outcry of thousands of communities that today demand dignity and a political system that guarantees their human rights” , he asserted.
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