The United Nations system that operates in Peru on Tuesday urged the government of Dina Boluarte to respect human rights and avoid the disproportionate use of force to suppress the protests, which have left 40 dead in a month in Andean regions.
“We urge the authorities and security forces to take urgent measures to ensure respect for human rights, including the right to peaceful protest.”, said the UN agencies, funds and programs in Peru in a joint statement posted on their Twitter account.
The UN also called the government “to observe the standards and norms applicable to the use of weapons against protesters; and to facilitate a peaceful and negotiated solution to the crisis”.
The exhortation is also addressed to the various organizations behind the protests, which they asked “refrain from acts of violence and exercise the right to protest peacefully, respecting life and public and private property”.
“We are very concerned about the increase in violence in Peru, which on Monday, January 9, experienced one of the deadliest days since the riots began in early December.”, declared in Geneva the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Marta Hurtado.
The protests registered 18 deaths on Monday in Peru after clashes and looting in the Andean region of Puno, the current epicenter of the institutional and social crisis that the country has been experiencing for a month.
The United Kingdom ambassador to Peru, Gavin Cook, reacted on Twitter, where he stated that “the reports of violence in Juliaca are extremely worrying”.
“It is essential that law enforcement respect human rights and act legally and proportionally. Investigations and measures to prevent further violence are urgent”, wrote the diplomat.
Peru’s crisis erupted on December 7 when leftist President Pedro Castillo was ousted by the right-wing Congress after a failed attempt to shut down parliament and rule by decree.
Castillo, who was being investigated for corruption, is serving 18 months in pretrial detention issued by a judge accused of the crime of rebellion for his attempt to undermine the democratic system.
Source: AFP
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