
Peru protests: Clashes leave tens injured
Supporters of the impeached former president, Pedro Castillo, are calling for his release and a snap election
At least 58 Peruvians have been injured in clashes on another day of anti-government demonstrations. Peru's interior minister (Vicente Romero) said eight people were being treated in hospital after more than a thousand protesters attacked a police station in the town of Ilave.
Also on Weekend: Finland's Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto talks about NATO support to Ukraine; and a new BBC documentary tells the story of one woman’s search for Yiddish songs banned in Central Asia during the Soviet Union.
Joining Paul Henley to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Latika Bourke, an Australian journalist and author; and Dr Paul Lowe, a photographer and reader in documentary photography at London College of Communication, the University of the Arts, London.
(Photo: A woman waves a Peruvian flag amid anti-government protests after Peru's former President Pedro Castillo was ousted. Credit: Reuters).
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