Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

In addition to establishing impunity for police and military killers, the law sets the stage for a rupture with international ...

Critics warn the law would hinder the search for truth about the victims of Peru’s decades-long armed conflict.

Congress is moving forward with an amnesty bill that would benefit persons responsible for serious human rights violations ...

Peru's Congress has passed a controversial amnesty law for military and civilians involved in human rights abuses during the ...

Many of the victims come from indigenous and peasant communities, whose voices have historically been ignored," said Marina Navarro, executive director of Amnesty International in Peru.

Peru's Congress has approved a law granting amnesty to military, police and other forces prosecuted for rights violations committed during the nation's bloody, decades-old campaign against leftist ...

International human-rights group Amnesty International is pressing Canada to ban exports of military goods to Peru, saying Lima’s lethal repression of mass protests in 2022 and 2023 are evidence ...

Joint Statement: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL), Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), Incidencia ...

Amnesty International has suspended its Israel branch for engaging in “endemic anti-Palestinian racism” and for criticizing the human rights group’s positions.

The Peruvian Congress on Wednesday approved an amnesty law for members of the Armed Forces, the National Police, and self-defense militias over the age of 80 who were prosecuted or convicted for ...

SANTIAGO - Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, could be criminally responsible and topped the chain of command that led to dozens of deaths during protests at the beginning of her presidency, Amnesty ...