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Lori Berenson Allowed To Come to U.S. For Holidays With Her Son; Hear 1999 Interview with Democracy Now!
The once-imprisoned U.S. activist Lori Berenson will be allowed to travel to New York City from Peru to spend the holidays with her toddler son for the first time since her arrest in 1995. Click here to listen to Amy Goodman’s exclusive interview in 1999 with Berenson in the Socabaya Prison.December 19, 2011 | Blog Post -
US Activist Lori Berenson and Baby Son Returned to Peruvian Prison Just 3 Months After Release on Parole
The US activist Lori Berenson has been sent back to a Peruvian prison just three months after she was freed on parole. Berenson had served nearly fifteen years following her 1996 conviction for collaborating with the rebel group the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or MRTA. We go to Lima to speak with Lori Berenson’s...August 19, 2010 | Story -
After Over 14 Years in Peruvian Prison, Jailed US Activist Lori Berenson Ordered Freed on Parole
The jailed American activist Lori Berenson has been ordered freed on parole in Peru. Berenson has spent over fourteen years in prison after hooded Peruvian military judges convicted her of collaborating with the rebel group MRTA. She has consistently maintained her innocence. We speak to Lori’s father, Mark Berenson. [includes...May 26, 2010 | Story -
10 Years After the Arrest of U.S. Citizen Lori Berenson in Peru, her Father Mark Berenson Reads a Statement She Released from Prison
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the arrest of U.S. citizen Lori Berenson in Peru. She was convicted in 1995 in Peru by hooded military judges of collaborating with the rebel group MRTA. After 10 years in prison, her father, Mark Berenson, reads a statement Lori released from her cell. She is scheduled to be released in 2015. [includes rush transcript]November 30, 2005 | Story -
Lori Berenson’s Case Goes Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
We speak with Mark Berenson, father of political prisoner Lori Berenson who recently returned from Costa Rica where he stood before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights with his wife to convince the court’s judges to overturn the sentence against their 34-year-old daughter. Lori has spent eight years and five months in four different maximum-security prisons in Peru. [includes rush transcript]May 10, 2004 | Story -
Peru Sues Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Over Lori Berenson Case
The government of Peru is taking the unprecedented step of suing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over the case of New York activist Lori Berenson.July 22, 2002 | Story
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Breaking the Sound Barrier: Part Three of Democracy Now!’s Exclusive Interview with Jailed Activist Lori Berenson from Her Prison Cell in Lima, Peru
Today we conclude our exclusive interview with jailed American activist Lori Berenson. For the past two days, Democracy Now! has broken the sound barrier, bringing you the voice of Lori for the first time since she was sentenced to twenty years by a Peruvian court. We had sent Lori Berenson a series of questions and broadcast her answers from the Chorrillos prison in Lima, Peru. [includes rush...August 01, 2001 | Story
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Breaking the Sound Barrier, Part Two of Our Exclusive Interview with Imprisoned Activist Lori Berenson, From Her Prison Cell in Lima, Peru
Lori Berenson has been in prison in Peru for more than five years. She was first sentenced to life in prison by a hooded military court in Peru on charges that she was a leader of the MRTA, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, a group classified as terrorist by the Peruvian government. [includes rush transcript]July 31, 2001 | Story
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Exclusive: As Peru Inaugurates Its New President, Alejandro Toledo, We’ll Hear the Voice of Lori Berenson from Her Prison Cell for the First Time Since She Was Sentenced Last Month to 20 Years
Alejandro Toledo was inaugurated as Peru’s president Saturday, promising a government "at the service of the people" and free of the corruption and human rights abuses that marked the rule of his predecessor, Alberto Fujimori. Toledo pledged to fight poverty in the Andean nation by funding rural schools and health clinics. He also proposed a reorganization of the country’s...July 30, 2001 | Story
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Political Prisoner Lori Berenson Is Sentenced to 20 Years in a Peruvian Prison; An Interviewwith Her Father Mark Berenson in Lima, Peru
Lori Berenson, the 31-year-old New Yorker who has been held for more than five years in Peruvian prisons on terrorismcharges, was convicted last night of collaborating in foiled plot to take the entire Peruvian Congress hostage. Shewas sentenced to 20 years in prison.June 21, 2001 | Story
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Lawyers for Lori Berenson Call for Judge in Case to Step Down, Charging Bias and Links Toperu’s Fugitive Ex-Spy Chief Vladimiro Montesinos
In Lima, Peru, Lori Berenson, a former graduate student at MIT and long-time activist, is six weeks into her secondtrial on charges that she collaborated with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), a Peruvian guerrillagroup.May 08, 2001 | Story
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Rhoda Berenson On Her Daughter’s Trial in Peru
When the trial of Lori Berenson began almost a month ago in Peru, she was inthe courtroom behind bars. That set the stage for the trial in which she wasquestioned on the stand for more than 20 hours over 9 days. Now the court isquestioning the man who is seeking a lower sentence by testifying against her.April 16, 2001 | Story
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Rhoda Berenson Talks About Her Daughter Lori’s Continuing Imprisonment
On Dec. 1, 1995, Rhoda Berenson received a call from the Peru desk at the State Department, informing her that her26-year-old daughter, Lori, had been arrested in Lima. Six weeks later a hooded, anonymous judge found Lori guilty oftreason and sentenced her to life in prison. Though the military conviction was overturned in August, Lori Berensonis still in prison, awaiting a civilian trial on charges...February 06, 2001 | Story
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Danny Schecter Dissects CBS Program On Lori Berenson
In August, after Lori Berenson spent five hellish years in Peruvian prisons, the country’s top military court granted her a civilian court trial. But her hopes for release may be threatened by recent upheavals in Peru. Last month after evidence of corruption became irrefutable, President Fujimori and his shadowy intelligence head, Vladimiro Montesinos, fled the country. Montesinos was spotted...December 21, 2000 | Story
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Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori Set to Resign: A Conversation with Rhoda Berenson
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is expected to submit his resignation today from the plush Tokyo hotel where he is holed up far from a corruption storm, but opposition leaders said they are preparing moves to oust him on grounds of moral unfitness.November 20, 2000 | Story
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Exclusive–Lori Berenson Speaks!
Today in Lima, Peru, the process of interrogation of witnesses began in the civilian trial of Lori Berenson, the American who was serving a life sentence in Peru on charges of "treason to the fatherland." Last week, a military tribunal voided her sentence, saying they will now send her case to a civilian court. [includes rush transcript]September 06, 2000 | Story
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Lori Berenson May Face New Trial
The Peruvian government has nullified Lori Berenson’s life sentence. Berenson is the New York activist who was convicted of "treason against the Fatherland" by a hooded military judge in 1996. The Peruvian regime claimed she was helping the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement plan an assault on the Peruvian Congress. The 30-year-old Berenson has consistently denied these charges....September 05, 2000 | Story
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Peruvian Military Court Voids Lori Berenson’s Sentence, Civilian Trial Is Likely
Peru’s top military court yesterday granted a civilian retrial to Lori Berenson, the New York activist who has spent more than 5 years in a Peruvian prison. She is serving a life sentence after being convicted of "treason against the Fatherland" by a hooded military judge in 1996. The Peruvian regime claims she was helping the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement plan an assault on...August 29, 2000 | Story
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Lori Berenson Reaches 4th Anniversary in Peruvian Prison
Today marks four years since a hooded Peruvian military tribunal sentenced American Lori Berenson to life in prison. Accused of treason, Berenson was convicted on evidence she was not allowed to see. Amnesty International has declared her a political prisoner, saying she was denied a fair trial and due process. The United Nations Commission for Human Rights has also written that Lori Berenson is...January 11, 2000 | Story
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Lori Berenson Update
Last week, Democracy Now! was part of a delegation that managed to enter the Socabaya Prison in Peru. There they were able to speak with American prisoner Lori Berenson, who is serving a life for "treason to the fatherland," and for being one of the leaders of the "Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement." To date, Berenson has not been allowed to see the evidence that was used to...March 11, 1999 | Story
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