#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/
Politicians and media in #Peru are calling Native people terrorists and demanding that the military put us back in our place. News media are publishing the faces of organizers. Congress is moving to roll back legal protections for Indigenous peoples. 4/
Taken together, these moves are incitements to genocide in #Peru. 5/
Many (most) white and mestize Peruvians have profound contempt for Indigenous people.
This rhetoric seeks to turn that contempt to fear, hatred, and political support for fascistic and genocidal policies. 6/
This rhetoric seeks to turn that contempt to fear, hatred, and political support for fascistic and genocidal policies. 6/
Note that #Peru ALREADY engages in genocide against Native peoples. Congress is now signaling an escalation.
Note that from 1980-2000, this genocide was so acute that tens of thousands of Indigenous people were murdered and hundreds of thousands forcibly sterilized. 7/
Note that from 1980-2000, this genocide was so acute that tens of thousands of Indigenous people were murdered and hundreds of thousands forcibly sterilized. 7/
From the beginning, social movements called the ousting of President Castillo a Congressional coup and a right-wing power grab. The past week has proven those accusations correct.
The Biden administration is actively backing the coup government. 8/
The Biden administration is actively backing the coup government. 8/
Social movements are demanding an end to state repression, freedom for Castillo, new elections to replace Pres. Boluarte & all of Congress, & a constituent assembly to move toward a new constitution. #QueSeVayanTodos #AsambleaConstituyenteAhora #PeruResiste #PeruSeLevanta 9/
I will try to circle back to this and link some receipts, but I have class now and honestly most of this info is easy to find in news reports. But they are not putting the pieces together. 10/10
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