Peru human rights news. In-depth features, links, action alerts, news digest.

Human rights in Peru since the suspension of constitutional government by President Fujimori on 5th April 1992.

Recent AI publications on Peru including annual reports, other reports and news releases. From 1996 to date.

Dedicated to U.S. citizen Lori Berenson, jailed on charges of treason against Perú in a harsh Yanamayo Prison high in the Andes. U.N. study of three years finds she was deprived of liberty arbitrarily.

Provides human rights developments in Peru as well as responses from the international community.

U.S. Department of State report on Peruvian human rights for 2002. Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 2003.

Archived article on some 750,000 displaced persons in Peru expected to regain their civic rights that year, including their ability to vote in national and local elections.

Treaties: ratifications and reservations. Gives a summary of relevant treaties with links to the actual documents.