Peru court backs sentence of ex-president

THE Peruvian Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld a 25-year prison sentence on the country’s former president Alberto Fujimori, who has been convicted of massive human rights abuses.

Peru court backs  sentence of ex-president

A Supreme Court review of Fujimori’s convictions was requested in November by his defence lawyer, who asked the high court to revoke his client’s sentence.

“None of the 10 pieces of evidence that went to determine his guilt as mastermind of premeditated murder have to do with the issue of him giving the order for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta killings in 1991 and 1992,” attorney Cesar Nakazaki told the court.

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