The recent march of the so -called ‘Z generation’held on September 20 in the vicinity of the San Martín Square against Dina Boluarte and the Congressit was marked by new episodes of social repression. On this occasion, five journalists and a cameraman were injured due to attacks of the National Police of Peru (PNP). As reported by Press freedom observatory of the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP), the communicators were reached by pellets and physically assaulted by different police officers.
At 7:47 pm, the reporter Jahaira Pacheco and the cameraman Percy degreesof Successful newswere injured by pellets in the midst of police repression at the crossroads of Abancay Avenue with Jirón Junín. Both were transferred to the Rebagliati hospital. Later, at 8:45 pm, the photojournalist César Zamalloaof the weekly Hildebrandt in his thirteenit was also reached by projectiles in the leg and hip while registering the clashes between protesters and the police. Despite identifying himself as a press, he was beaten and beaten by the agents who forced him to go back.
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Already at night, around 10:00 pm, the journalist Diego Quispeex -reed The Republic and current correspondent of Public eyehe received impacts of pellets on the back and arm during his coverage at the crossroads of Miró Quesada with Santa Rosa. Gabriel Garcíaphotojournalist of the same medium, denounced aggressions on Abancay Avenue, where several graphic reporters were beaten with rods and shields despite being accredited.
To this was added the complaint of Juan Zapataphotoperiodist of the Independent Portal Waykawho said he was harassed and pushed by police officers around the Ombudsman’s Office.
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The deployment of about five thousand agents of the National Police in it Lima centerfrom morning hours, it caused a wave of criticism on social networks. The uniformed were located in streets and key squares, surrounding the San Martín square and blocking the access of mobilization attendees driven by youth and union groups under the name of generation Z.
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Different social organizations warned that this massive police presence not only had the goal of controlling the protest, but also to stigmatize it. At the same time, digital platforms were filled with questions to the Executive, which was accused of allocating thousands of police officers to stop marches while citizens perceive low action against crime and organized crime.
The repression became visible from the beginning of the day in San Martín Square, when the protesters tried to move towards Nicolás de Piérola and Carabaya. In response, the PNP troops launched tear pumps, generating stamped stamps and tension scenes. Civil organizations denounced that the use of force was excessive and that the true intention was to intimidate those who pronounced against the Congress and the government of Dina Boluartealso preventing access to strategic spaces such as Parliament.
