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Peruvian Prisoners Massacred
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1992
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1992, page 9
On May 5, 1992, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori staged a coup with backing from the Peruvian military which suspended that countries parliament, constitution, writ of habeas corpus and other legal provisions. The reasons he gave for the coup were that he needed greater freedom to implement the economic reforms demanded ...
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Peru.
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