Peru’s right-wing President Dina Boluarte has signed a law granting blanket amnesty for all military and police officers accused of human rights crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict from 1980 to 2000. Human rights groups condemned the move, saying it undermines decades of efforts to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by the government and its allies. This is Peruvian human rights activist Gisela Ortiz, Peru’s former culture minister.

Gisela Ortiz: “We are truly outraged by what we are experiencing in our country, deeply ashamed to acknowledge that we are facing an authoritarian regime that has no respect for human rights, that does not value not only the lives of its citizens, but also the rights that we have. So we are here, in a way, reacting to this decision to release human rights violators and the murderers of our relatives.”