Peru
06.07.00
Urgent Interventions
Peru: Detention and disappearance of two persons
Peru: two men disappeared after being detained by National Police
Case PER 060700
The International Secretariat of the OMCT requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Peru.
Brief description of the situation:
The OMCT is gravely concerned for the safety and liberty of Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, detained-disappeared since June 29th last in Lima, at the hands of the National Police.
Reports received from the Human Rights Association APRODEH, a member of the OMCT, indicate that in the early morning hours of June 29th Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde, his brother, Jhonny Hinostroza Valverde, and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, were detained by agents of the National Police whom they had photographed while the latter were burning a telephone booth. This incident occurred while a peaceful march was taking place in the vicinity of the Swiss Hotel of San Isidro where members of the High Level Delegation of the Organisation of American States, visiting the country, had their quarters.
After being detained Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde, Jhonny Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra were put into two police vehicles one of which was described as a grey Nissan Pathfinder Van number plate KL-0489; this was the vehicle into which they put Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde.
Mr. Jhonny Hinostroza was taken to the Alfonso Ugarte police delegation, subjected to an interrogation concerning who directed the march, whether he was the leader etc and was released at 10:00 a.m.
However, until yesterday there was no news concerning the whereabouts of Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon. The police authorities denied that they had been detained.
Reports recall that in 1990 the father and a sister of Miguel Angel and Jhonny, Sr. Toribio Joaquin Hinostroza Pizarro y Bertha Herlinda Hinostroza Valverde, were detained for presumed contacts with terrorist groups and both continue to belong to the category of disappeared.
On Tuesday July 4th 2000 the APRODEH initiated a Habeas Corpus suit against the Alfonso Ugarte police delegation, the Safety directorate of the State and the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism). This was accepted and Jhonny Hinostroza was summoned to appear on July 6th to testify before the First Corporative Transitory Court specalised in Public Law.
Action requested:
Please write to the Peruvian authorities urging them to:
i. adopt urgent measures in order to find Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, order their immediate release and guarantee their safety and physical and psychological integrity;
ii. carry out a full and impartial investigation into the above-mentioned facts in order to identify those responsible, bring them to trial before an ordinary court and impose upon them the penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions provided by law;
iii. guarantee in all circumstances the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country in accordance with national laws and international standards on human rights, ratified by Peru.
Addresses:
Presidente Alberto Fujimori, Presidente de la República del Perú, Palacio de Gobierno - Plaza Mayor, Lima 1 - Perú . Fax (+ 51 1) 427 67 22 Fax (+ 51 1) 426 65 35
Presidenta del Congreso de la República, Dra. Martha Hildebrandt Pérez.
Fax (+ 51 1) 426 82 90
Ministro de la Presidencia, Dr. Edgardo Mosqueira Medina, Fax (+ 51 1) 222-36 78
Presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Dr. Alberto Bustamante Belaunde.
Fax (+ 51 1) 447 16 28 Fax (+ 51 1) 475 06 89
Gral. César Enrique Saucedo, Ministro del Interior, Ministerio del Interior, Plaza 30 de agosto s/n - Urb. Córpac, Lima 27 - Perú. Fax: (+ 51 1) 224 24 07
Dr. Jorge Santistevan de Noriega, Defensor del Pueblo, Defensoría del Pueblo, Jr. Ucayali 388, Lima 1 - Perú. Fax: (+ 51 1) 426-6657 Fax (+ 51 1) 426 78 00
Dra. Blanca Nelida Colán Maguiño, Fiscal de la Nación, Fiscalía de la Nación, Av. Abancay, cuadra 5 s/n, Lima 1 - Perú. Fax (+ 51 1) 426 46 20
Embassy of Peru in your respective countries.
Geneva, 7 July 2000
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code number of this appeal in your reply.
Case PER 060700
The International Secretariat of the OMCT requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Peru.
Brief description of the situation:
The OMCT is gravely concerned for the safety and liberty of Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, detained-disappeared since June 29th last in Lima, at the hands of the National Police.
Reports received from the Human Rights Association APRODEH, a member of the OMCT, indicate that in the early morning hours of June 29th Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde, his brother, Jhonny Hinostroza Valverde, and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, were detained by agents of the National Police whom they had photographed while the latter were burning a telephone booth. This incident occurred while a peaceful march was taking place in the vicinity of the Swiss Hotel of San Isidro where members of the High Level Delegation of the Organisation of American States, visiting the country, had their quarters.
After being detained Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde, Jhonny Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra were put into two police vehicles one of which was described as a grey Nissan Pathfinder Van number plate KL-0489; this was the vehicle into which they put Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde.
Mr. Jhonny Hinostroza was taken to the Alfonso Ugarte police delegation, subjected to an interrogation concerning who directed the march, whether he was the leader etc and was released at 10:00 a.m.
However, until yesterday there was no news concerning the whereabouts of Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon. The police authorities denied that they had been detained.
Reports recall that in 1990 the father and a sister of Miguel Angel and Jhonny, Sr. Toribio Joaquin Hinostroza Pizarro y Bertha Herlinda Hinostroza Valverde, were detained for presumed contacts with terrorist groups and both continue to belong to the category of disappeared.
On Tuesday July 4th 2000 the APRODEH initiated a Habeas Corpus suit against the Alfonso Ugarte police delegation, the Safety directorate of the State and the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism). This was accepted and Jhonny Hinostroza was summoned to appear on July 6th to testify before the First Corporative Transitory Court specalised in Public Law.
Action requested:
Please write to the Peruvian authorities urging them to:
i. adopt urgent measures in order to find Miguel Angel Hinostroza Valverde and Primitivo Guerra Infanzon, order their immediate release and guarantee their safety and physical and psychological integrity;
ii. carry out a full and impartial investigation into the above-mentioned facts in order to identify those responsible, bring them to trial before an ordinary court and impose upon them the penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions provided by law;
iii. guarantee in all circumstances the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country in accordance with national laws and international standards on human rights, ratified by Peru.
Addresses:
Presidente Alberto Fujimori, Presidente de la República del Perú, Palacio de Gobierno - Plaza Mayor, Lima 1 - Perú . Fax (+ 51 1) 427 67 22 Fax (+ 51 1) 426 65 35
Presidenta del Congreso de la República, Dra. Martha Hildebrandt Pérez.
Fax (+ 51 1) 426 82 90
Ministro de la Presidencia, Dr. Edgardo Mosqueira Medina, Fax (+ 51 1) 222-36 78
Presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Dr. Alberto Bustamante Belaunde.
Fax (+ 51 1) 447 16 28 Fax (+ 51 1) 475 06 89
Gral. César Enrique Saucedo, Ministro del Interior, Ministerio del Interior, Plaza 30 de agosto s/n - Urb. Córpac, Lima 27 - Perú. Fax: (+ 51 1) 224 24 07
Dr. Jorge Santistevan de Noriega, Defensor del Pueblo, Defensoría del Pueblo, Jr. Ucayali 388, Lima 1 - Perú. Fax: (+ 51 1) 426-6657 Fax (+ 51 1) 426 78 00
Dra. Blanca Nelida Colán Maguiño, Fiscal de la Nación, Fiscalía de la Nación, Av. Abancay, cuadra 5 s/n, Lima 1 - Perú. Fax (+ 51 1) 426 46 20
Embassy of Peru in your respective countries.
Geneva, 7 July 2000
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code number of this appeal in your reply.