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Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres
Loaded on June 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1996, page 21
[The following article is excerpted from the book Gloria al Día de Heroísmo, which is an account of the uprising and massacre of Peruvian political prisoners and Prisoners of War on June 19, 1986. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the uprising.]
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Prison Rebellion,
Crime/Demographics,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Peru.
The historical background of the uprising is ...
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