Peru - Journalist harassed in run-up to appeal hearing in major defamation case

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A Lima court is due to begin tomorrow to hear an appeal by Lima Airport Partners CEO Jaime Daly Arbulú against a court ruling in March ordering journalist Herbert Mujica to pay him 2,000 soles (660 dollars) in damages for alleging serious irregularities at Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport. Daly appealed because he thought the damages award was too low. The hearing will be the latest stage in drawn-out legal battle for Mujica, a writer and political analyst who edits the Páginas (...)

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