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#Peru has entered a human rights emergency for Indigenous peoples and there is an imminent risk of (CW:) genocide escalation. I am not seeing this urgency reflected in media reports.
Protesters and Native people need active support from human rights/solidarity organizations. 1/
Protesters and Native people need active support from human rights/solidarity organizations. 1/
Yesterday #Peru's coup government suspended civil liberties nationwide, including freedom of protest/assembly and protection from arbitrary search, including in private residences.
The rationale is ... transportation blockades by Indigenous and campesine protesters. 2/
The rationale is ... transportation blockades by Indigenous and campesine protesters. 2/
This is dire. We lived these policies already during the genocidal government of Alberto Fujimori. We know who will be targeted by police and military "excess."
Even before these new measures, police had killed 8 people at protests. Two of them minors. Many of them Native. 3/
Even before these new measures, police had killed 8 people at protests. Two of them minors. Many of them Native. 3/
CW: State repression
Haven't been tweeting much about #Peru, because the situation is so upsetting. The settlers and their police need so little excuse to kill us in the streets.
But here's a quick summary of what's going on. 1/
Haven't been tweeting much about #Peru, because the situation is so upsetting. The settlers and their police need so little excuse to kill us in the streets.
But here's a quick summary of what's going on. 1/
On Dec 7, the right-wing Congress ousted President Castillo after having spent his whole term actively sabotaging him. Y'all know I'm not big Castillo fan, but he was campo and union, and his election was a rejection of politics-as-usual, driven by voters outside the capital. 2/
After ousting Castillo, Congress had him illegally and declared VP Boluarte president. Huge protests have erupted across #Peru, with highway blockades and more and more protesters converging on the capital. 3/
