A leader of protests against Newmont's $5 billion gold mine in Peru said he was beaten by police on Wednesday - a day after three people died and 21 were injured in clashes between police and protesters.
Left-wing leader Marco Arana, a soft-spoken former Roman Catholic priest who has rallied to stop construction of the biggest mine in Peruvian history, reported the beating via Twitter. It was corroborated by his lawyer. Local TV showed photographs of Arana being taken away by police in the northern city of Cajamarca.
"They detained me and beat me a lot, inside the police station they beat me again - punches in the face, the kidneys and insults," he said via Twitter.
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