“They falsified the signature of my husband and it does not match his identity card.” says Felicitas from Cuzco. “They lied that they authorised the sterilisation that took place without my consent. I never accepted. They put me under anaesthetic and completed the ligation. I seek justice and truth. Listen to me.”
The events she describes took place twenty years ago, but Felicitas may begin to see justice and truth this month when the State Prosecutor decides whether to send to court the case of the allegedly forced sterilisation of hundreds of thousands of women in the poorest regions of Peru.