Sterilization victims organize campaign of justice in Peru
Sterilization victims organize campaign of justice in Peru
Reporter: Dan Collyns 丨 CCTV.com
05-30-2016 06:06 BJT
More than 300,000 Peruvian women and men were sterilized when Alberto Fujimori was president in the 1990s, according to health ministry figures. The government said the procedures were voluntary. Thousands of those on the receiving end maintain they were forced. Now they’ve organized a campaign for justice.
In Peru’s capital Lima, thousands march against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. Their name references the number of registered victims which from a massive campaign of alleged forced sterilization in the 1990s.
Fujimori, who served as her father’s first lady during the late 1990s, has blamed medical staff for the sterilizations. However, there is testimony from an official investigation that the orders came directly from the health ministry.
Most of the women were poor, many illiterate and lived in Peru’s Andes mountains. Now, the victims are for the first time and being registered, giving them the right to state compensation. nJulio Arbizu, the lawyer representing the victims says it’s a human rights crime.
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