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March 2011

YUKPAS GO TO THE OAS

Relatives of Yukpa chieftain Sabino Romero will attend a hearing this month to be held during the 141st ordinary session of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington D.C. The hearing, requested on the 24th of January 2011, will consider issues of the jurisdiction of indigenous peoples and …

Government forces continue to attack striking miners in Arequipa and Madre de Dios

PERU: Government forces continue to attack striking miners in Arequipa and Madre de Dios. To date the casualty rate stands at 10 miners killed, 64 wounded. Minister Antonio Brack unrepentant about the deaths in Madre de Dios. The following translation is a summary of a report sent by Tankar Rau-Rau …