Tag: Alberto Fujimori

• Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  IACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was “concerned” following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be released from jail, after being sentenced to 25 years for crimes against humanity.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Peru's Constitutional Court ruling clears path to Fujimori's release

  

  Peru's Constitutional Court Thursday upheld a Presidential pardon granted in 2017 by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) to Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Former Peruvian President back in jail after hospital discharge

  

  Alberto Fujimori has been discharged Monday from the private Lima clinic where he had been taken to earlier this month due to a heart failure and was subsequently taken back to jail, his daughter and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori announced.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized due to heart failure

  

  Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was rushed into a Lima hospital Thursday due to a heart problem consisting of “atrial fibrillation” and “arrhythmia,” according to his physician.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  New charges pressed against Alberto Fujimori for atrocious crimes

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is already serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity, has been indicted Saturday for yet another five killings plus the forcible sterilization of over 1,300 women under detention during his term in office (1990-2000).

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Peru: Former Alberto Fujimori adviser sentenced to 17 years in prison

  

  Former Peruvian Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos under President Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for the kidnapping of journalist Gustavo Gorriti in April 1992, a Lima Court ruled Thursday.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized for tests, his wife in a coma

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been taken to a Lima clinic to undergo urgent tests, as his health seems to be deteriorating, according to his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori.

• Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Former Peruvian Foreign Minister back in office

  

  Peruvian former Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua has been appointed again for the job to replace Héctor Béjar, who resigned earlier this week after just 19 days in office.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Peruvian leader pledges to pardon ex-president Fujimori if she wins April's general election

  

  Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has said that she would pardon her jailed father, former president Alberto Fujimori, if she wins April's general election. The 82-year-old Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Chaos in Peru: interim president resigns following massive protests and police brutality

  

  Peru’s interim president resigned on Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader.