Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

Critics warn the law would hinder the search for truth about the victims of Peru’s decades-long armed conflict.

In addition to establishing impunity for police and military killers, the law sets the stage for a rupture with international ...

Congress is moving forward with an amnesty bill that would benefit persons responsible for serious human rights violations ...

Peru's Congress has passed a controversial amnesty law for military and civilians involved in human rights abuses during the ...

Peru's Congress has approved a law granting amnesty to military, police and other forces prosecuted for rights violations committed during the nation's bloody, decades-old campaign against leftist ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, could be criminally responsible and topped the chain of command that led to dozens of deaths during protests at the beginning of her ...

Today marks two years since the first death occurred during the lethal repression of the 2022 and 2023 protests in Peru. During these mobilisations, the Peruvian police and army fired bullets, pellets ...

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard, third-right, stands next to Raul Samillan, centre, President of the Association of Martyrs and Victims of January 9 in Juliaca, Peru, and ...

The Peruvian Congress on Wednesday approved an amnesty law for members of the Armed Forces, the National Police, and self-defense militias over the age of 80 who were prosecuted or convicted for ...