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The 107-page report, “Deadly Decline: Security Force Abuses and Democratic Crisis in Peru,” documents excessive use of force by security forces, due process violations and abuses against detainees, and failures in criminal investigations, as well as the entrenched political and social crisis that is eroding the rule of law and human rights in Peru. While some protesters were responsible for acts of violence, security forces responded with grossly disproportionate force, including with assault weapons and handguns. Forty-nine protesters and bystanders, including 8 children, were killed.

UC Berkeley study finds increased pandemic-related attacks on healthcare Nada Lamie/Staff In a collaboration with Geneva-based nonprofit Insecurity Insight, researchers at the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center mapped and documented more than 1,100 threats and acts of violence against healthcare affiliates and facilities within the last year. The team developed an “Atlas of Attacks” using data collected from the Security in Numbers Database, Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset and the World Health Organization’s Surveillance System of Attacks on Healthcare. The atlas was used to map ...

COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally By Associated Press | March 2, 2021 at 9:52 AM CST - Updated March 2 at 9:52 AM (AP) – Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a fracture. The second was beaten into a coma. Following the assaults, nurses at Federal Medical Centre in the Southwestern city of Owo stopped treating patients, demanding the hospital improve security. Almost two weeks passed before they returned to work with armed guards posted around the clock. “We donâ€...