Journalist Group Calls for Interior Minister Urresti to Resign
Journalist Group Calls for Interior Minister Urresti to Resign
July 8, 2014 9:39 pm
Peruvian press and human rights organizations are calling for the resignation of the new Interior Minister after it was revealed he is being investigated for allegedly taking part in the killing of a journalist almost 30 years ago. The Lima-based Press and Society Institute, or IPYS, said in a statement that Interior Minister Daniel Urresti should resign as his position in the cabinet could undermine investigations into his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Hugo Bustios, a journalist for Caretas magazine.
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Peruvian press and human rights organizations are calling for the resignation of the new Interior Minister after it was revealed he is being investigated for allegedly taking part in the killing of a journalist almost 30 years ago.
The Lima-based Press and Society Institute, or IPYS, said in a statement that Interior Minister Daniel Urresti should resign as his position in the cabinet could undermine investigations into his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Hugo Bustios, a journalist for Caretas magazine.
IPYS said that it is “rudely offensive to the values of a democratic state” that Urresti remain in his post as Interior Minister while facing a murder probe.
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Peru’s military battled the Shining Path during the 1980s in Ayacucho, the stronghold of the rebels, and across most of the Andean highlands. Some 70,000 people were killed nationwide during the conflict, a Truth and Reconciliation Report found.
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