CW: State violence

Military opened live fire today on protesters in Huamanga/Ayacucho, Peru who were attempting to blockade a closed airport. Multiple protesters reported killed in this heavily Indigenous city.

https://twitter.com/DDelgadoVive/status/1602522338138152960

#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/ 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/

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/ 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/