More than 30 dead in Peru's 'Tiananmen' - witnesses speak
More than thirty protestors and police died after an indigenous Indian blockade of a highway in northern Peru was violently broken up by the authorities on 5th June 2009. According to reports, around 200 people were wounded.
The protests, in place since 9th April, were in response to government laws and policies that violate indigenous peoples’ rights and make it easier for outsiders to seize control of their territories.
Tribal rights NGO Survival International has published this video in which eyewitnesses to the recent violence in Peru’s Amazon give a dramatic account of what happened.
Recent update: http://www.survival-international.org/news/4737
The protests, in place since 9th April, were in response to government laws and policies that violate indigenous peoples’ rights and make it easier for outsiders to seize control of their territories.
Tribal rights NGO Survival International has published this video in which eyewitnesses to the recent violence in Peru’s Amazon give a dramatic account of what happened.
Recent update: http://www.survival-international.org/news/4737
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