FU on UA: 123/10 Index: AMR 46/009/2010

Exiled Indigenous leader, Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota, was released from detention on 27 May. He had been detained on 26 May at Lima airport, Peru, immediately after he returned from exile in Nicaragua.

Alberto Pizango, leader of AIDESEP (Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana) had been in exile in Nicaragua since mid-June 2009. He landed at Lima airport on a flight from Nicaragua on 26 May. Upon his arrival he was immediately detained by police, but was released yesterday (27 May). [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 343/09 Index: AMR 46/019/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

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Two men were shot dead by police on 2 December, in their village in north-western Peru, during a search for another man. Other people in the area are in danger of being killed by police in similar operations, unless the government orders the police to review their use of lethal force. [ Lire la suite » ]