Peru's Boluarte pardons security forces for abuses during decades-long internal conflict


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  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks during a press conference with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (not pictured) at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File photo

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru President Dina Boluarte signed a law on Wednesday pardoning military and police officers accused of human rights abuses committed from 1980 to 2000 during a bitter fight with leftist rebels.

The law, approved by Congress in July, was enacted despite a request from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which urged Peru's government not to pass the bill to ensure "victims can get justice."

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