Peru: Further information: Human rights defenders given protection

Index Number: AMR 46/008/2012
Date Published: 30 November 2012
Categories: Peru

Peruvian human rights defenders Rosario Huayanca Zapata and Father José Manuel Miranda Azpiroz are now receiving protection from the police. This follows a series of death threats against them. The action taken as a result of the Urgent Action issued on their behalf may have contributed to this positive development.