Peru: Fear for safety/death threats: Staff of human rights organization APORVIDHA

Index Number: AMR 46/003/2006
Date Published: 24 January 2006
Categories: Americas, Peru

The Peruvian Minister of the Interior has reportedly instructed police in the southern department of Cuzco to investigate the threats against the human rights organization Asociación por la Vida y la Dignidad Humana (APORVIDHA), Association for Life and Human Dignity. Amnesty International believes that the lives of APORVIDHA staff are no longer in imminent danger.