Amnesty appeal for Peru massacre action

A year ago, on 5 June 2009, a protest by Indigenous people against the exploitation of natural resources on lands traditionally occupied by them ended in the deaths of 33 people. Over 200 more were wounded when the protest, which had been going on for 50 days on the stretch of road known as the Curva del Diablo leading to Bagua and Bagua Grande in Amazonas department, Peru, was broken up by