The Mission of International Solidarity and Human Rights pointed out that the Peruvian government should be investigated for the alleged murder, torture, abuse, threats and intimidation of members of the Peruvian people through the armed forces and state security.
This was stated in its report by the non-profit organization made up of political, social and union leaders, after having deployed a working group to Peru on February 7, with the aim of revealing situations of violation of human rights in the framework of the political and social crisis that takes place in the Andean country.
The 17-page document specified that the repression unleashed since last December 7, 2022, prevented, limited and conditioned political participation, the right to assembly, to petition before the authorities, the right to freedom of expression and the right to protest.
It should be noted that the demonstrations against the Peruvian government occurred after Dina Boluarte took the presidency after the dismissal of Pedro Castillo ?after his attempt to dissolve Congress last December?.
Given this, the protesters demand, mainly, the resignation of President Boluarte, the calling of immediate elections and the release of former President Castillo.
The protests that have been repressed by the armed forces of the Republic of Peru have gained great strength in the south of the country, especially in Arequipa, Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cuzco and Puno, places that have been the constant scene of roadblocks, marches and clashes.
In view of this, the Mission of International Solidarity and Human Rights stressed that the Peruvian State should also be investigated "for having deployed repressive, abusive, disproportionate and illegal practices on the defenseless civilian population, using sophisticated and lethal weapons for this."
To said investigations, he said, must be added the systematic and generalized attack on the civilian population, especially young people from popular neighborhoods, students, women, rural and urban workers, indigenous people, peasants, social leaders and independent press. .
The observers explained that the Peruvian people have the right to open all jurisdictional, national and international instances to obtain comprehensive reparation, through truth and justice.
"The suffering of the Peruvian people demands our maximum effort, commitment, and rigor in making visible, denouncing, and distorting the repressive practices deployed by the current government," reads the report issued on February 13.
The Mission explained that it was able to verify in the different regions that the Peruvian National Police ?PNP? In general, and in particular in collaboration with the Army, it deployed innumerable repressive behaviors in and around popular demonstrations.
Through testimonies, he said, the mention of the abusive and disproportionate use of lethal weapons is reiterated, with severe consequences on the physical integrity of the participants, since there is a permanent scenario that combines shootings, smoke, gas and stampedes ?among other lethal resources ?.
To this was added the constant use of armored vehicles in Lima and other cities, fencing off side exits and intimidating the population, as well as a disproportionate number of officers that translates into constant risk and harassment of the inhabitants.
In turn, they concluded that the behaviors attributed to the security forces denounced, and that should be investigated, respond to various types of criminal offenses, such as crimes against life ?homicides?, against physical integrity ?various injuries?, against sexual integrity ?sexual abuse?, and against freedom ?illegal deprivation of liberty, arbitrary arrests, torture?.
Likewise, those crimes against freedom of assembly and the free exercise of protest, against property "damage", against freedom of transit, against the freedom to petition before the authorities, and against freedom of expression.
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