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Two Company Officials Jailed For Discriminating Against Afro Peruvian Woman

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TeleSur: Two company officials have been given prison sentences and fines for a case of racial discrimination against an Afro-Peruvian woman in the workplace.In a landmark move for tackling racism in Peru, a court handed down on Tuesday the South American country’s first conviction for racial discrimination.
The case comes as an important “act of vindication” for the historically discriminated Afro-Peruvian community, according to the country’s Ministry of Culture.
The ruling condemns two officials for involvement in a 2012 racial discrimination incident in in the workplace at the Municipal Water and Sewer Services Company of Huancayo, the capital of Peru’s central highlands region of Junin.
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