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Peru president demands justice for murder of Israeli woman

President Alan Garcia on Tuesday demanded severe punishment for those who raped and killed a young Israeli journalist vacationing in southern Peru. Garcia told reporters that he was moved by "the case of an Israeli journalist and soldier who was murdered because she dared to walk the streets of Arequipa alone. (AP - click here to read complete article)


Two arrested in murder of Israeli

Peruvian police overnight Tuesday arrested two men on suspicion of murdering of 22-year-old Israeli tourist Tamar Shahak, who was apparently strangled to death in a robbery on Sunday night. According to a local newspaper, the two are suspected of involvement in a number of robberies and attacks against tourists in the last few years. (The Jerusalem Post - click here to read complete article)


Efforts on to aid Malaysian Indian woman jailed in Peru

A Malaysian Indian yoga instructor is looking for sponsors to travel to the Peruvian capital Lima to meet his former employee, who is critically ill in a jail after apparently being caught with cocaine in her luggage. Kalai Kumar has said he wants to visit Lima to rescue Punitha after Peruvian authorities contacted him to inform that the 50-year-old was seriously sick in jail. Malaysia's foreign office said Tuesday its mission in Lima was in touch with Punitha, reported the New Straits Times. (Mangalorean - click here to read complete article)


Universal Periodic Review of Peru

Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council

Justice for past abuses is a leading human rights concern in Peru. While authorities have made some progress in holding accountable those responsible for some abuses committed during its 20-year armed conflict (1980-2000), most perpetrators continue to evade justice. Investigations of massacres and “disappearances” by government forces have been held up in part by lack of military cooperation. (Human Rights Watch - click here to read complete article)


ADI: Peru set to lead South America with animal circus ban

ADI to launch new scientific report in Congress at unveiling of Bill to ban the use of animals in circuses. A year after launching a devastating exposé of the treatment of animals in circuses in South America, Animal Defenders International (ADI) stands on the brink of securing legislation to end this shocking abuse in Peru and Bolivia. (Politics - click here to read complete article)