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October 4, 2018

Peru: Judge Reverses Pardon for Ex-Dictator Alberto Fujimori
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A Peruvian judge has overturned a pardon of Alberto Fujimori, ordering
the former dictator to return to prison for crimes including kidnapping,
bribery and ordering massacres by death squads in the 1990s. Amnesty
International hailed the decision, saying it "sends a clear message that
crimes against humanity cannot go unpunished." This is Gisela Ortiz
Perea, whose sister was murdered by a Fujimori-backed death squad in
1992.

Gisela Ortiz Perea: "I'm a close relative of a victim. I saw with my own
eyes these criminals. I experienced this story, this horrible death that
occurred in my family, this suffering that is engraved in my memory,
year after year. It is awful to constantly have in my mind the face of
the criminals. And the most horrible thing is that there are people who
continue to call us terrorists."



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