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Thomas Graham in La Paz

Bolivian victims of dictatorships still waiting for justice: ‘We are forgotten’

In 2012, activists began a live-in protest in a makeshift hut – most are now in their 70s or 80s
In 2012, activists began a live-in protest in a makeshift hut – most are now in their 70s or 80s. Photograph: Sara Aliaga/The Guardian

In a makeshift hut by the ministry of justice in La Paz, Bolivia, a group of activists shuffle into place for a meeting. They are the survivors of the dictatorships that ruled Bolivia between 1964 and 1982; most are now in their 70s or 80s.

In 2012, fearing the country was moving on without a reckoning, they built the hut and moved in: a permanent protest to demand justice for the crimes committed against them.

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