NEWS

• Apathy and protest votes in Lima elections

  25 November 2013

  Vote for municipal council sees low participation and many spoilt ballots, leaving Mayor to rebuild base.

• Death squad members sentenced for La Cantuta killings

  22 November 2013

  Three members of the Colina death squad will serve 22 years for forced disppearance and killing of students and professor in 1992.

• Controversy greets indigenous consultation database

  12 November 2013

  Identification of communities with right to prior consultation will not be completed till after 2017 and Andean peoples face exclusion.

• Family resisting Glencore Xstrata project 'beaten by police'

  08 November 2013

  Rights group documents injuries to children and adults in confrontation, while another protester has miscarried in detention.

• Environmental emergency in Loreto as consultation delayed

  22 October 2013

  Oil drilling is contaminating indigenous communities' water and food in the Amazon region, according to new official data. Cancellation of a ministerial visit has prompted protests, and another pledge on the Consultation Law has been broken.

• Fujimori's trial for 'diarios chicha' begins

  21 October 2013

  Former president faces charged with misusing public funds to buy positive press coverage and defame opponents in an attempt to influence the 2000 election.

• New efforts to tackle discrimination based on sexuality

  16 October 2013

  LGBT Peruvians have reported dozens of incidents of violence and discrimination to a new civil society initiative, while Congress will consider a bill for same-sex civil unions.

• Informal miners begin strike

  25 September 2013

  Miners an officials say process of formalising is flawed, in a challenge to efforts to combat health impacts and pollution from the booming industry. Tensions have risen as two relatives of a union leader were found dead.

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  Conference: Human rights and justice in Peru

  20 September 2013

  Join us on 19 October to debate whether justice has been done for human rights crimes committed during Peru's internal conflict and to consider emerging human rights issues.

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• Half of indigenous children denied education in first language

  20 September 2013

  An official report blames inadequate budgeting and teacher training for poor access to intercultural education, which hinders the progress of Peru's disproportionately poor indigenous children.

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