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Peru court convicts two of human-rights abuses at military base
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS AUGUST 18, 2017 / 1:53 PM / 5 MINUTES AGO
Peru court convicts two of human-rights abuses at military base
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian court on Friday found guilty two of the seven former military officers who were accused of torturing and murdering civilians in a poor highland province in 1983.
The incidents occurred at the start of a bloody, two-decade conflict between government forces and insurgents.
Judge Ricardo Brousset also said the state of Peru was partially responsible for the crimes and must pay reparations because the men had acted on orders to "disappear" suspected members of the Maoist-inspired Shining Path rebel group.
The ruling delivered the first convictions in a case emblematic of state-sponsored human rights violations in Peru. The case had dragged on for more than a decade.
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Peru court convicts two of human-rights abuses at military base
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian court on Friday found guilty two of the seven former military officers who were accused of torturing and murdering civilians in a poor highland province in 1983.
The incidents occurred at the start of a bloody, two-decade conflict between government forces and insurgents.
Judge Ricardo Brousset also said the state of Peru was partially responsible for the crimes and must pay reparations because the men had acted on orders to "disappear" suspected members of the Maoist-inspired Shining Path rebel group.
The ruling delivered the first convictions in a case emblematic of state-sponsored human rights violations in Peru. The case had dragged on for more than a decade.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-human-rights-idUSKCN1AY238?il=0
