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The Minister of the Interior and the General of the Police of Peru are sued after the operation in San Marcos, Lima

MADRID, 22 Ene.

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The Minister of the Interior and the General of the Police of Peru are sued after the operation in San Marcos, Lima

MADRID, 22 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) has filed a lawsuit this Sunday against the Minister of the Interior of Peru, Vicente Romero Fernández, and the general of the Peruvian National Police (PNP), Raúl Alfaro Alvarado, after the operation that has place at the National University of San Marcos, in Lima.

Two lawyers who are members of the human rights organization have filed a habeas corpus petition in which they have highlighted the "arbitrary" detention of the protesters as well as the "abuse of power" during the authorities' intrusion into the university campus.

The Seventh Constitutional Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima of the Judiciary has received the lawsuit, which has been led by the executive secretary of CNDDHH, Jennie Dador.

The Police broke in this Saturday using tanks at the National University of San Marcos, in Lima, to evict the protesters who had locked themselves in the facilities in an action that has resulted in at least 205 detainees and criticism from international organizations.

As in the latest demonstrations that have taken place in Peru, the authorities have restricted access to Plaza San Martín, located in the historic center of Lima, in the face of student protests.

In addition, from the CNDDHH they have denounced the alleged detention of four students who are being held in the university residence of the San Marcos University, alleging that the authorities have not allowed access to lawyers or the Prosecutor's Office.

At the end of the operation, which has resulted in more than 200 detainees, various civil rights leaders and organizations have shown their solidarity with the anti-government protesters.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has appealed to the Peruvian authorities to guarantee the "legality and proportionality" of the intervention.

Meanwhile, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has expressed its "concern" about the "police incursion, eviction and mass arrests" at the University of San Marcos and has urged the authorities to "render accounts of the facts and guarantee the integrity and due process of all persons".

In this sense, the former president of Bolivia Evo Morales, very critical of the new government of Dina Boluarte, has also condemned the police operation.

"We stand in solidarity with the authorities, teachers, students of the San Marcos University and the people of Peru. In the style of the worst dictatorships of the 70s and 80s, they stormed this superior house of studies with tanks and weapons, without respecting the autonomy university", has published through Twitter.

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