Peru

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF PERU

Peru: Amnesty international concerned about critical situation in ...
9 June 2009

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the situation in the Peruvian Amazon following the events in the town of Bagua, in the department of Amazonas, on ...

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Peru: Fear for safety
9 June 2009

Scores of demonstrators from Indigenous communities in the Amazon were detained and at least 169 injured after demonstrators were forcibly dispersed in the town ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/009/2009

Over 30 killed during protests in the Peruvian Amazon | Amnesty ...
9 June 2009

Nine demonstrators and 24 police officers were confirmed killed duringprotests by Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon town ofBagua.

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Perú. Exige Dignidad -Mortalidad materna en Peru
28 May 2009

Document       AMR 46/002/2009

Economic crisis reveals deeper human rights problems | Amnesty ...
28 May 2009

More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have beenexacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems ofpoverty and inequality ...

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Peru: Deadly inequalities: Maternal mortality in Peru
28 May 2009

Peru remains one of the countries with the highest maternal mortality ratios in Latin America. Maternal mortality could be greatly reduced if the barriers that ...

Document       AMR 46/002/2009

Demand Dignity: Case studies on maternal mortality: campaign ...
28 May 2009

More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Many others suffer disabling ...

Report       ACT 35/007/2009

Summit of the Americas fails to address human rights | Amnesty ...
20 April 2009

TheDeclaration of Commitment of Port of Spain fails to lay out a clear human rights framework forprogress in the areas of human prosperity, energy security and ...

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Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda ...
16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

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Peru's Ex-President convicted in landmark case | Amnesty ...
7 April 2009

Alberto Fujimori, the former President of Peru, has been convicted of a series of human rights violations.

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