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Peru to suspend land laws after violence

By Naomi Mapstone in Lima

Published: June 11 2009 03:00 | Last updated: June 11 2009 03:00

Peru’s Congress is moving to suspend the passage of laws at the heart of a lands right dispute with Amazonian indigenous tribes that sparked the worst violence the country has seen since the Maoist Shining Path insurgency.

The official death toll of 30 protesters and 24 police officers is contested by indigenous leaders, who accuse the armed forces of hiding bodies. The government denies the charge.

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