Human rights groups plan events to promote GLBT rights

Human rights organizations are planning events on Thursday to raise awarness of gay and lesbian rights and the discrimination homosexuals face vis-á-vis the Peruvian State and society. Events on Valentines Day are being organized by the Homosexual Movement of Lima, MHOL, and the Peruvian Network of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transvestites, with support from other [...]

Retired military major begins civil trial in U.S. for Peru massacre

A retired Peruvian major has begun a civil trial in the United States for his alleged role in the 1985 massacre of 72 peasants in a remote Andean village during Peru’s internal conflict with leftist guerrillas. Major Telmo Hurtado is facing a lawsuit brought against him by the San Francisco-based Center for Justice and Accountability, [...]

HRW: Military hampers human rights investigations

A lack of justice for human rights violators during Peru’s 20-year armed conflict is a leading human rights concern in the Andean country, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. Despite the human rights trial of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, HRW’s 2008 World Report says most perpetrators of human rights abuses continue to evade justice. [...]

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