• Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth
    May 15, 2012
    Press release
    Peru should remove significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from exercising their right to vote and other civil rights. The failure to dismantle the obstacles is undermining Peru’s leadership as one of the first countries to ratify, in 2008, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  • Peru: Voting Rights Victory for People With Disabilities
    Oct 17, 2011
    Press release
    Peru’s decision to restore voting rights to thousands of people with disabilities is an important step toward ensuring their full participation in society.  More than 23,000 people with mental and intellectual disabilities had been excluded from the voter registry for the 2011 presidential elections in April and June based on previous government policy. 
  • Peru: No Special Treatment for Fujimori
    Jun 16, 2011
    Press release
    Arbitrarily releasing former President Alberto Fujimori from serving his full prison sentence for human rights crimes would be incompatible with Peru’s obligations under international law. Fujimori recently received medical treatment, and there have been some calls for a “humanitarian pardon.”
  • Peru: Investigate Islay Province Killings
    Apr 8, 2011
    Press release
    Peru should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killing of 3 demonstrators and injuring of at least 31 others during confrontations with the police in Islay province.
  • Peru: Amend Decrees for Prosecuting Military and Police Abuses
    Sep 10, 2010
    Press release
    Peru should amend recently adopted presidential decrees that regulate the prosecution and trials of military and police personnel accused of committing human rights violations.
  • Peru: Investigate Killings in Chala
    Apr 6, 2010
    Press release
    Peru should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killing of 6 civilians during a confrontation with the police in Chala, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Peru: Investigate Threats Against Rights Defender
    Sep 25, 2009
    Press release
    Peruvian law enforcement authorities should take immediate action to investigate threats against the former president of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres, and ensure his safety.
  • Peru: Radio Closure Could Undermine Press Freedom
    Jun 24, 2009
    Press release
    The Peruvian government’s decision this month to revoke the broadcast license of a local radio station could have a chilling effect on community broadcasting in Peru. The timing and circumstances of the revocation suggest that it may have been an act of censorship, or punishment, in response to coverage of anti-government protests on June 5, 2009.
  • Peru: Investigate Violence in Bagua
    Jun 10, 2009
    Press release
    We have received credible reports that police forces violently attempted to end a demonstration by indigenous groups in the province of Bagua on Friday, June 5. The demonstration came at the end of several weeks of protests demanding that the García administration abandon a series of legislative decrees that would facilitate economic activities in the Peruvian Amazon.
  • Peru: Fujimori Verdict a Rights Victory
    Apr 7, 2009
    Press release
    Today's conviction of Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, is a major advance for human rights accountability in the region and beyond.