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‘They dragged me into an OR and put a blue gown on me. I didn’t want to, so the nurses did it for me and put me on a cot’. These are the words of a Peruvian woman, Josefa, who was forcibly sterilised. More than 300,000 poor women and men in Peru underwent the horrific procedure during Fujimori’s rule. Many of them claim it happened against their will. Decades later, the victims tell their stories but have not received compensation. Watch the story of Josefa and learn more about the victims in the film Sterilised. #Peru#humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

The right to die #video#Peru Ana Estrada is confined to bed most of the time and can breathe only with a respirator. She lives with polymyositis, a rare muscle disease with no cure. Since 2016, Ana has been writing a blog called ‘Ana seeks a dignified death’. In addition, she started a legal battle to decide to end her life ‘when the time comes’. Assisted death is illegal in her country of Peru. Peru is primarily a Catholic country, where euthanasia is prohibited alongside same-sex marriage and abortion. However, in 2021 a court ruled in favour of Ana and cleared anyone assisting in her death of criminal charges. Ana says she would decide to die when she could no longer write her blog. On this day in 2000, the Dutch lower house of parliament voted to legalise euthanasia. Thus, the Netherlands became the first country that allowed mercy killings. Euthanasia is also legal in Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada and Colombia. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Peru Hundreds of thousands of Peruvian women were forcibly sterilised between 1996-2000 as part of President Alberto Fujimori’s family planning programme. The initiative was launched to reduce poverty and cut birth rates among the poor. While it was supposed to be consensual, women involved in the programme say otherwise. Most of the victims came from poor indigenous communities. Josefa was at home when nurses came and forced her to go to the hospital. She still recalls waking up after the procedure and seeing other women crying out their husbands’ names in pain. In the following years, Josefa suffered from infections and cancer. Decades later, Josefa and others are still seeking justice through a class action suit against the ex-president. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary