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DESCRIPTION:Prayer Vigil and peaceful demonstration In solidarity and support with 65 
 tribes,1000 communities and more than 30,000 indigenous peoples in 
 Peru.\n\nHollywood celebrities, Activists and Indigenous youth are pulling 
 together in a Prayer Vigil and peaceful demonstration In solidarity and 
 support with 65 tribes,1000 communities and more than 30,000 indigenous 
 peoples in Peru, who are being Criminalized by their government for holding 
 peaceful protests throughout the country’s Amazon region. Since April 
 9th, for fundamental human rights.\n\nCelebrities attending to help raise 
 awareness and on the docket to speak are: Q’orianka Kilcher (The New 
 World, The People Speak), Clifton Collins jr (Star Trek, The Horsemen), 
 Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga-New Moon), Jesse Garcia (Quinceañera)\nOther 
 celebrity activists lending their support to this event are Colin Farrell, 
 Woody Harrelson, and Esai Morales\n\nPRAYER VIGIL AND PACEFUL DEMOTSTRATION 
 IS SOLARITY AND SUPPOR 65 TRIBES IN PERU.\n\nWhen: Tuesday, May 26th, 6:30 
 pm\n\nWhere: In front of the Consulate General of Peru , 3450 Wilshire 
 Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, cross street Mariposa\n\nWhat: We call on the 
 Peruvian Government to respect the rights of its indigenous peoples and 
 refrain from using military force,violence, repression and bloodshed in 
 their response to the Indigenous mobilizations. Furthermore we strongly 
 urge the Peruvian press and media to commit to accurate press coverage of 
 the protests and stop radicalizing and distorting the position of the 
 indigenous protestors in the eyes of the public.\n\nWhy: : For the past 43 
 days, Thousands of indigenous people have been blockading roads and river 
 traffic throughout the Amazon in peaceful protests, demanding the repeal of 
 a series of new laws imposed by the Garcia Administration under the pretext 
 of implementing the Free Trade agreements (FTA) with the United 
 States.\n\n\nProtesters demand the revocation of 10 new legal decrees, 
 which grant international corporate access to Amazonian lands and allow 
 oil, logging and mining companies to buy large parcels of communally-owned 
 indigenous land without the consent of the local inhabitants.\n\nThese new 
 laws directly undermine indigenous peoples rights and violate rights 
 recognized in the national constitution as well as in international 
 treaties, including the United Nations declaration on the rights of 
 indigenous peoples and the International Labor Organization (ILO) 
 Convention 169.\n\nImplementing these new legal decrees, result in a 
 government backed land-grab by large international corporations and the 
 extractive industries and set the stage for water privatization. In spite 
 of the fact that the consequences of such laws directly affecting 
 indigenous peoples life’s, wellbeing and in some cases even their 
 survival, the new laws allow for Indigenous peoples to be excluded from the 
 decision making process.\n\nOn May 9, 2009, the Peruvian government 
 declared a state of emergency in the regions of Loreto, Amazonas, Cusco, 
 and Ucayali in an attempt to criminalize and intimidate whatever protests 
 occur on indigenous territory. This action is a license for the government 
 to violently repress Indigenous People and the Peruvian Government is 
 subjecting indigenous areas to military occupation in order to silence 
 indigenous community opponents of extractive industries.\n\nUnder the 
 emergency decree, all constitutional rights have been suspended — 
 including the right to hold meetings and freedom of movement. The measure 
 also permits the use of armed forces against the civil population, 
 criminalizing the legitimate rights and demands of the Peruvian indigenous 
 nations, as well as endangering normal democratic rights.\n\nAccurate news 
 reports out of Peru have been extremely scarce, despite the sad news that 
 one protester is dead, 9 more critically wounded, 6 indigenous leaders 
 detained and several people gone missing in a recent confrontation with 
 military police.\n\nVideo and photo evidence show police beating peaceful 
 protesters and firing rubber bullets in order to break up demonstrations 
 blocking roads and bridges.\n\nAlso, In an aggressive harassment campaign, 
 the Garcia government has filed criminal charges of treason and sedition 
 against 6 indigenous leaders including Alberto Pizango, president of 
 AIDESEP, Peru's national indigenous organization Furthermore, the 
 government appears to be carrying out a strategy to control press coverage 
 of both the mobilization and the response\n\nContact: On-Q initiative / 
 Q’orianka Kilcher peru.initiative@yahoo.com \nTel: 
 310-696-9424\nInterview and photo requests : \nQPR publicity 
 qpr.publicity@gmail.com\n\nhttp://www.aidesep.org.pe\nhttp://www.redambientalloretana.org\nhttp://amazonwatch.org\n\nMartha 
 Ugarte\nCommunity Guidance Media Network\n(818) 398-2578\nFax (818) 
 920-0790\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/26/18598355.php
SUMMARY:Demonstration in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in Peru
LOCATION:In front of the Consulate General of Peru, 3450 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 
 CA 90010, cross street Mariposa
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/26/18598355.php
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