The Peruvian government has said it will not release the New Yorker Lori Berenson from prison even if it’s ordered to do so by the Inter-American Human Rights Court. The legal arm of the Organization of American States, is scheduled to deliberate her case beginning on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Berenson has been jailed for nearly a decade on charges of helping the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. She was originally sentenced to life in prison by hooded military judges. A retrial reduced the sentence to 20 years.
Peru: We Will Ignore Int’l Court Ruling on Lori Berenson
HeadlineNov 22, 2004