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226 Violence Cases Against Indigenous Defenders in Peru

10/1/2025

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ProPurús and AIDESEP report records 226 cases of violence against Indigenous defenders in Peru's Amazon (2010–2024).
Ucayali has the highest risk, with about 1 in 13 defenders killed during the period.
Violence is driven by illegal trafficking and logging, and by government concessions overlapping Indigenous lands, with 10 of 19 killings going unprosecuted.

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ProPurús and AIDESEP report records 226 cases of violence against Indigenous defenders in Peru's Amazon (2010–2024).
Ucayali has the highest risk, with about 1 in 13 defenders killed during the period.
Violence is driven by illegal trafficking and logging, and by government concessions overlapping Indigenous lands, with 10 of 19 killings going unprosecuted.