A group of protesters mobilized in the Peruvian capital on Saturday to demand the release of around 200 students from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) who were arrested during the police operation at the study center.
Peruvian media have indicated that the protesters reached the headquarters of the Lima Prefecture and the Judicial Police (Dirincri), where they were repressed by officers from the country’s National Police.
Human rights organizations called for the release of the detainees and denounced several violations of the students’ integrity and rights by the police.
From the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH), they pointed out that during the intervention at the UNMSM, a group of women were forced to undress, which is an attack on their integrity.
They also denounced the detention of four student leaders at the Peruvian university headquarters.
Several human rights organizations called the police operation illegal and denounced that it was carried out without prosecutors or defense lawyers having access to the detainees.
The detainees confirmed that they were taken to Lima Police Headquarters and other premises under ill treatment.
The Office of the Ombudsman asked the National Police to inform the public about the status of the detained students from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
A group of students from the National University of San Agustín (UNSA), along with other citizens, mobilized in the city of Arequipa against the intervention of the PNP in San Marcos University.
Peruvian media reported that groups of protesters left several regions of Peru for the Peruvian capital on Saturday in support of the students who were arrested during the police operation at the university in the Peruvian capital.
Protests in Peru have not stopped since the ouster of then-President Pedro Castillo on December 7, and so far the deaths of more than 50 civilians have been reported.
Taken from Telesur