Peru 1509

Resolutions Adopted by the IEC Steering Committee at the Founding Conference on 28 February, 1993.


Resolution Against the Fujimori Dictatorship

WHEREAS the regime presided over by Alberto Fujimori has carried out an outrageous military "trial" of Dr. Abimael Guzman, the recognized leader of millions in Peru, in closed session, with hooded justices, trampling on the most elementary rights of the defense,

WHEREAS the Fujimori regime is guilty of the cold blooded murder of dozens of political prisoners at Canto Grande in May of 1992,

WHEREAS the Fujimori regime has sentenced Dr. Alfredo Crespo and other lawyers for the sole crime of having represented their clients,

WHEREAS the Fujimori regime has maintained and intensified a reign of terror directed against the poor in Peru, in the shantytowns as well as the countryside, through murder, disappearances, rape and brutality,

WEREAS the Fujimori regime has attacked the liberty of the press, and murdered or jailed a large number of its political opponents,

Resolved, and Adopted:

THAT the Fujimori regime must immediately release all political prisoners and prisoners of war,

THAT the Fujimori regime must immediately rescind its anti-people laws and practices,

THAT the Fujimori regime be pursued for violations of internationally established covenants regarding the treatment of political prisoners and prisoners of war,

THAT the Fujimori regime be pursued for committing war crimes against the people of Peru,

THAT the people of Peru are justified in struggling against the reactionary Fujimori regime.


Resolution: U.S. Hands Off Dr. Guzman, Yankee Go Home!

WHEREAS the U.S. government has played a direct role in aiding the Fujimori dictatorship in capturing Dr. Abimael Guzman, the recognized leader of millions of peasants, workers, students, intellectuals and others of various walks of life in Peru,

WHEREAS the U.S. Senate has unanimously applauded this capture, and leading representatives of the United States have called for the imposition of the death penalty against Dr. Guzman,

WHEREAS the U.S. Government has advised and funded the Fujimori regime's war against the people and has already introduced significant numbers of U.S. military personnel,

WHEREAS the U.S. has been the main foreign power propping up reactionary regimes in Peru for one hundred years,

WHEREAS U.S. banks and multi-nationals have played the principal role in imperialist exploitation of Peru,

Resolved, and Adopted:

THAT the U.S. government and ruling circles are directly responsible for the life, health and conditions of detainment of Dr. Abimael Guzman, the recognized leader of millions of peasants, workers, students, intellectuals and others of various walks of life in Peru,

THAT the U.S. government must immediately cease all aid, military and civilian, direct and indirect, to the reactionary Fujimori regime,

THAT the people of Peru are completely justified in struggling to break the grip of the U.S. on Peru and its people,

YANKEE GO HOME!


Amnesty International Resolution

WHEREAS Amnesty International prides itself on being the most important human rights organization in the world,

WHEREAS Amnesty International proclaims to support the rights of all political prisoners regardless of their beliefs,

WHEREAS Amnesty International claims to oppose the death penalty under all circumstances,

WHEREAS Amnesty International has done nothing to oppose the outrageous, hooded trial of Dr. Abimael Guzman,

WHEREAS Amnesty International has made no serious efforts to oppose the murder and mistreatment of political prisoners in Peru,

WHEREAS Amnesty International has spent a far greater effort condemning the alleged misdeeds of the revolutionary forces in Peru than in combating the very real and well-documented crimes of the Fujimori regime in Peru,

WHEREAS Amnesty International has been invited to present its views and explain its position before this conference and declined to do so,

Resolved, and Adopted:

THAT Amnesty International must act immediately to vigorously oppose the outrageous treatment of Dr. Abimael Guzman (the recognized leader of millions in Peru), and the other political prisoners and prisoners of war in Peru,

THAT Amnesty International must vigorously mobilize against the open threats of Fujimori to impose the death penalty against Dr. Guzman, and that A.I. expose the real danger that the death penalty could be imposed surreptitiously under the guise of "escape attempt", "suicide", "bad health", etc.,

THAT Amnesty International must immediately revise its so called "even handed policy" which in fact prettifies the Fujimori regime,

THAT the deafening silence of Amnesty International be held partially responsible for the fate of Dr. Abimael Guzman and other political prisoners and prisoners of war in Peru.


Expansion of IEC Campaign into Latin American Countries Resolution

WHEREAS there can be a special impact on the situation in Peru, if the IEC campaign is strengthened and built in countries neighboring Peru,

WHEREAS the countries neighboring Peru face similar problems to Peru in that they are largely ruled by US-backed regimes,

WHEREAS many, many people in the countries neighboring Peru are supportive of Dr. Abimael Guzman and regard him as the recognized leader of millions of peasants, workers, students, intellectuals and others of various walks of life in Peru,

Resolved, And Adopted:

THAT the IEC will put special efforts into developing the work of the campaign in Latin American countries, especially countries neighboring Peru.