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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]
Jul 31, 2001 | Story
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 transcript]
Aug 01, 2001 | 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.
Jul 22, 2002 | 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
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]
Nov 30, 2005 | 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 rush transcript]
May 26, 2010 | Story
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 mother, Rhoda Berenson. [includes rush transcript]
Aug 19, 2010 | Story
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.
Dec 19, 2011 | Web Exclusive

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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

Breaking the Sound Barrier: Part Three of Democracy Now!'s Exclusive Interview with Jailed Activist Lori Berenson from Her Prison Cell in Lima, Peru

Peru Sues Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Over Lori Berenson Case

Lori Berenson's Case Goes Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

10 Years After the Arrest of U.S. Citizen Lori Berenson in Peru, her Father Mark Berenson Reads a Statement She Released from Prison

After Over 14 Years in Peruvian Prison, Jailed US Activist Lori Berenson Ordered Freed on Parole

US Activist Lori Berenson and Baby Son Returned to Peruvian Prison Just 3 Months After Release on Parole

Lori Berenson Allowed To Come to U.S. For Holidays With Her Son; Hear 1999 Interview with Democracy Now!

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