Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Peru's Fujimori Given Additional Prison Sentence

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in jail for human rights abuses, was handed a new eight-year prison sentence Thursday for siphoning public funds to help finance his re-election in 2000. A panel of judges in Lima ruled that Fujimori, 76, diverted funds from the military to pay for favorable coverage in tabloid newspapers to promote his bid for a second presidential term. Fujimori has been imprisoned since 2007 for crimes committed during his 1990-2000 term. In 2009, he was...

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