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The Call for Peruvians to Take Justice into Their Own Hands

Extreme vigilantism on Facebook in Peru, and the comedian who enraged the Internet with her Dear Fat People video.

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a surge of Facebook groups calling Peruvians to take justice into their own hands and sharing videos showing beatings of alleged criminals. We talk to the woman who started the movement Catch a Thief and Leave Him Paralysed, and ask the country鈥檚 Interior Minister why Peruvians feel they have no other option but to punish criminals themselves.

And, we hear from the woman who enraged the internet when she made a video called Dear Fat People. It was viewed over 20 million times and led to an online backlash from people saying it was offensive and hurtful. A comedian from Canada, Nicole Arbour talks to 大象传媒 Trending鈥檚 Mukul Devichand and tells him why she feels her critics are missing the point of satire.

@MukulDevichand is joined in the studio by Gabriela Torres @gacato.

(Photo: Chapa Tu Choro Facebook page, used with permission from Chapa Tu Choro organisation)

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