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Apparent War Crimes in Border Conflict

Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.

Satellite imagery comparison between February 17, 2020 and March 12, 2023 shows the new physical demarcation in Arash ward, Arusha region, Tanzania. Homesteads and animal enclosures located close to the line are destroyed and show signs of burning. 

Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.

Protesters and bystanders killed in Peru during demonstrations between December 11, 2022 to March 21, 2023 

Satellite imagery of Lega Dembi in Oromia region, Ethiopia, highlighting the visible signs of activity in and around the mine between March 6, 2021 and January 26, 2023. Image © 2023 Planet Labs PBC