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The Gen-Z Movement: This is Why We’re Risking Our Lives to Protest

Across the world, a number of young people – known as the Gen Z movement – are taking to the…

October 20, 2025

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Peru: Authorities Must Stop Disproportionate Use of Force and Prevent Further Violence

The right to peaceful protest must be guaranteed without any limitations, and the repression of social demonstrations must stop.

October 17, 2025

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Peru: Enacted Law Hinders Freedom of Expression and Association and Jeopardizes Access to Justice for Victims

The highest authority in the country is sending a message that it will not accept criticism or dissenting voices.

April 23, 2025

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Peru: Amendment of the APCI Law Paves the Way for Impunity

This amendment threatens Peru’s civic space and unduly restricts the rights of association, freedom of expression and access to justice. 

March 19, 2025

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Peru: Killings and Injuries in Protests Could Implicate President and Chain of Command as Criminally Responsible

Peru’s president, ministers, police and army commanders made decisions that ultimately had lethal consequences.

July 18, 2024

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Who Called the Shots? Chain of Command Responsibility for Killings and Injuries in Protests in Peru

Amnesty International analyzed the actions of security forces during protests in Peru in 2022 and 2023, some of which could…

July 18, 2024

LIMA, PERU - JANUARY 28: Protesters continue their demonstration demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte after six weeks of violent protests that have left 60 dead in different provinces and the first dead in the Peruvian capital, Lima, on Saturday, January 28, 2023. Demonstrators clashed with riot police during the protest as police used tear gas to disperse the crowd and installed barricades. (Photo by Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Global: Misuse of Tear Gas Killing and Injuring Protesters Worldwide - Updated Interactive Website

The horrific misuse of tear gas by security forces during brutal crackdowns on protests in Iran, Peru and Sri Lanka…

May 29, 2023

AME9803. LIMA (PERÚ), 11/12/2022.- Cientos de manifestantes, a favor de Pedro Castillo y en contra del Congreso, se enfrentan con miembros de la policía en las calles del centro, hoy en Lima (Perú). Las manifestaciones, que se han replicado en otras regiones del país, piden el adelanto de elecciones y la renuncia de Boluarte, que el pasado miércoles asumió el cargo tras la destitución por el Congreso de su antecesor Pedro Castillo, quien había dictado la disolución del Congreso, anunciado que conformaría un ejecutivo de emergencia, gobernaría por decreto, convocaría una asamblea constituyente y una reorganización del sistema judicial. EFE/ Aldair Mejía

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Peru: Senior Officials Should Face Investigation Over Widespread Lethal Attacks By Security Forces

Peru’s Attorney General’s Office should investigate all those, up to the highest level, who ordered or tolerated the illegitimate use…

May 25, 2023

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Amnesty International deploys crisis response team to investigate serious human rights violations

After closely monitoring the situation in Peru, Amnesty International has deployed a specialized crisis response team to investigate serious human…

January 30, 2023

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Abandoned by the State in Host Countries, Venezuelan Women Face Increasing Gender-Based Violence

The Colombian and Peruvian states are largely absent when it comes to guaranteeing, protecting and respecting the right to a…

July 12, 2022

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Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries - Updated Investigative Website

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the…

February 1, 2021

MIRAFLORES, LIMA, PERU - 2019/12/07: Female demonstrators covering their eyes performing in a feminist flash mob "A Rapist in Your Path" (In Spanish "Un violador en tu camino") in protest of violence against women. The song, written by Chile feminist group Las Tesis is becoming an international feminist phenomenon. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Countries cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in the Americas in 2019

As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their…

February 27, 2020