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UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’ (www.theguardian.com)

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A UN committee has urged Peru to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s, ruling that the state policy could constitute a “crime against humanity”.

Forced sterilisation was part of a programme implemented by Peru’s then president Alberto Fujimori during the final four years before he left office in 2000 after a decade in power.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Now do China with the Uyghur.

From the article.

“She felt strong pains in her abdomen but was immediately discharged and had to walk back home without any post-operative care,” it said.