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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Peruvian police and soldiers given 'licence to kill' protesters five years after Bagua violence

Local communities worried about its effect on their farmland and way of life, as well as pollution in rivers, have come into conflict with authorities through years of protests.
In June 2009, 33 people died in Bagua in the Amazonas region, when police and protesters clashed at a road blockade over a new law allowing mining companies to enter indigenous territories without the community’s consent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peruvian-police-and-soldiers-given-licence-to-kill-protesters-five-years-after-bagua-violence-9574484.html

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