Peru actions in violent protests could be classified as massacre, rights group says

FILE PHOTO: Police officers operate during a march against the government of Peru's President Dina Boluarte where demonstrators call for an indefinite nationwide strike, in Lima, Peru, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian authorities committed "serious" human rights violations during anti-government protests last December, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said on Wednesday, adding the violent actions could be classified as a massacre.

More than 60 people died in clashes with the police and military in the protests that broke out in December after the ouster of former president Pedro Castillo, leading to one of the country's most violent episodes in the last two decades.