Peru: No Special Treatment for Fujimori

Arbitrarily releasing former President Alberto Fujimori from serving his full prison sentence for human rights crimes would be incompatible with Peru’s obligations under international law. Fujimori recently received medical treatment, and there have been some calls for a “humanitarian pardon.”

(Washington, DC) – Arbitrarily releasing former President Alberto Fujimori from serving his full prison sentence for human rights crimes would be incompatible with Peru’s obligations under international law, Human Rights Watch said today.  Fujimori recently received medical treatment, and there have been some calls for a "humanitarian pardon."

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