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Author: Dan Collyns

Strikers take to the streets of Peru

Dan Collyns Video July 6, 2009July 24, 2012
Strikers take to the streets of Peru

Thousands of Peruvians have demonstrated against their government’s economic policies as part of a nationwide three-day strike.
The protests follow clashes in the north of the country which left at least 33 people dead.

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Mass Peruvian grave found

Dan Collyns Video June 12, 2009July 24, 2012Mass Grave, Putis
Mass Peruvian grave found

Forensic investigators in Peru say they have recovered the remains of at least 70 people from a mass grave.
They are all victims of a 1984 massacre in Putis, Ayacucho and the excavation is believed to be the largest-ever in Peru.

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Protesters clash with police in Peru

Dan Collyns Video June 12, 2009July 24, 2012Riot Police
Protesters clash with police in Peru

Riot police in the Peruvian capital, Lima, have used tear gas to disperse protestors marching in support of indigenous groups.

The demonstrators were calling on Congress to revoke two laws which they claim threatens their lands.

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Search on for missing Peruvians

Dan Collyns Video June 8, 2009July 24, 2012
Search on for missing Peruvians

Indigenous protesters are reported to be missing in northern Peru following some of the worst violence seen in the country for 10 years.

At least 30 indigenous protesters and 24 police officers are reported to have been killed in two days of clashes. Dan Collyns reports.

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Fujimori defends himself at trial

Dan Collyns Politics, Video April 24, 2009July 24, 2012Alberto Fujimori
Fujimori defends himself at trial

The former Peruvian president has taken the stand at the end of his trial for human rights violations.

Alberto Fujimori, who governed Peru from 1990 to 2000, is charged with responsibility for two death-squad massacres, where 25 people were killed.

He says he is innocent.

See the video report on the BBC.

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Dan Collyns

Is a multimedia journalist based in Lima, Peru. His online, radio and TV reports have been published and broadcast internationally. Read more

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