Peru's Prosecutor's Office Dismisses Case of Forced Sterilizations
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The complainants will refer the case to the Attorney-General's Office after the decision of the Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday, 27 October, to close the case concerning the forced sterilization of thousands of indigenous women under the chairmanship of Alberto Fujimori, the father of the current president, Keiko Fujimori.
In Peru, on Tuesday, 27 October, a case of 300,000 indigenous sterilizations was dismissed by the courts in the late 1990s. A law passed in 2024 prohibits the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, which was carried out by the daughter of the former president of the time, Alberto Fujimori. In 2009, the leader was convicted of a crime against humanity in another case.
The investigation against 52 people was closed by a law driven by fujimorism, now back in power. Victims will continue to demand justice
On Tuesday, 27 October, Peruvian justice closed the case concerning the forced sterilization of thousands of indigenous women under the chairmanship of Alberto Fujimori, the father of the current President Keiko Fujimori. In the 1990s, almost 300,000 people, the vast majority of whom came from the poorest parts of the Andes and Amazonia, were victims of these practices, and this decision, which is based on a law passed in 2024, is another blow f…
For decades, thousands of women, mostly indigenous and peasant women, sought justice for the forced sterilizations carried out during the government of Alberto Fujimori. Although the Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office acknowledged that many interventions were made without free and informed consent, it decided to close the investigation. Why? María Ysabel Cedano, lawyer for the NGO Demus, addresses the issue in France 24.
Lima, 28 Oct (EFE).- Peruvian women victims of sterilizations during the government of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) received this Wednesday as "a bucket of ice water" the recent file of their case due to a law promoted by fujimorism, which establishes the statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before July 2002. [...] Alberto Fujimori's sterilized women's entry into government expresses pain after file of the case was first …
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