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Peru's Attorney General Pablo Sanchez sought the arrest of former president Alejandro Toledo Tuesday on charges of laundering of assets and influence trafficking. Peruvian prosecutors opened a formal investigation earlier this week into allegations that Toledo took USD $20 million...

Alberto Fujimori , Peru's former leader who was jailed in 2007, submitted another request for a presidential pardon on Saturday, just five days before President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office. Fujimori is serving a...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released its 2010 Annual Report , highlighting a "global justice gap" caused by influential governments avoiding accountability for human rights abuses. AI was critical of the actions of the Group...

The Peruvian Supreme Court has upheld a 25-year sentence given to former president Alberto Fujimori after his conviction on charges of ordering assassinations and kidnappings during his 1990-2000 presidency. The First...

The Criminal Chamber of the Peruvian Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced former president Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori is to...

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori was charged with ordering former Peruvian intelligence director Vladimiro Montesino to use government funds to...

The Criminal Chamber of Peru's Supreme Court on Monday convicted former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on corruption charges and sentenced him to seven-and-a-half years in prison. Fujimori was accused of paying former Peruvian Intelligence...

The corruption trial of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori opened Monday with Fujimori confessing to having paid former Peruvian Intelligence Director Vladimiro Montesino $15 million to resign in 2000, but denying any...

Andrew Hudson : "The conviction of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori for serious human rights violations is groundbreaking on a number of levels.First, not only was a former head of state found guilty of crimes against...

The conviction of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday was met with widespread approval from the current Peruvian government and human rights organizations. Peruvian Prime Minister Yehuda Simon [official website, in...