‘Dramatic setback’: Will Peru’s new amnesty law put justice out of reach? | Human Rights News

Surviving Accomarca

The pending amnesty law could erase approximately 156 convictions and more than 600 ongoing investigations, according to human rights organisations.

Not only would it protect military members and police from prosecution, but it would also grant “humanitarian” amnesty to already convicted officials over the age of 70.

For many survivors of Peru’s armed conflict, the bill reopens old wounds.

Rural and Indigenous communities were especially hard-hit, and they continue to…