Kiev Communard
18th August 2010, 19:18
One more ideologically-motivated "act of justice":cursing:
A court in Peru has revoked parole for an American woman who was imprisoned for aiding a left-wing rebel group.
Judges ordered that Lori Berenson be arrested and sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year sentence. She was freed in May.
On Monday, Ms Berenson apologised for collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and asked judges to let her stay out of jail.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48787000/jpg/_48787613_009990073-2.jpg
]A civilian court convicted Lori Berenson of terrorist collaboration in 2001, five years after her arrest
But she denied ever having participated in any "violent or bloody acts".
The 40-year-old also argued that she posed no threat to society and should be allowed to remain free.
As part of its insurgency, the Tupac Amaru robbed banks, kidnapped and killed a number of people in the 1980s and 90s.
Rebel contacts
The daughter of university professors, Ms Berenson travelled to Central and South America in the 1990s.
During her travels, she is believed to have made contact with the Tupac Amaru.
She was arrested in November 1995 after she gained access to the Peruvian Congress on false journalist credentials alongside the wife of the Tupac Amaru leader.
Military prosecutors accused her of gathering information for a rebel plot to kidnap members of Congress and exchange them for imprisoned rebel leaders.
She was convicted of treason by a military court in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison. But she was retried in a civilian court after pressure from the US government.
In 2001 she was found guilty of the lesser crime of terrorist collaboration and imprisoned for 20 years, five of which she had already served.
Polls suggested Peruvians widely disapproved of the decision to release her, and prosecutors said the arguments for freeing her were riddled with errors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11018049
A court in Peru has revoked parole for an American woman who was imprisoned for aiding a left-wing rebel group.
Judges ordered that Lori Berenson be arrested and sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year sentence. She was freed in May.
On Monday, Ms Berenson apologised for collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and asked judges to let her stay out of jail.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48787000/jpg/_48787613_009990073-2.jpg
]A civilian court convicted Lori Berenson of terrorist collaboration in 2001, five years after her arrest
But she denied ever having participated in any "violent or bloody acts".
The 40-year-old also argued that she posed no threat to society and should be allowed to remain free.
As part of its insurgency, the Tupac Amaru robbed banks, kidnapped and killed a number of people in the 1980s and 90s.
Rebel contacts
The daughter of university professors, Ms Berenson travelled to Central and South America in the 1990s.
During her travels, she is believed to have made contact with the Tupac Amaru.
She was arrested in November 1995 after she gained access to the Peruvian Congress on false journalist credentials alongside the wife of the Tupac Amaru leader.
Military prosecutors accused her of gathering information for a rebel plot to kidnap members of Congress and exchange them for imprisoned rebel leaders.
She was convicted of treason by a military court in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison. But she was retried in a civilian court after pressure from the US government.
In 2001 she was found guilty of the lesser crime of terrorist collaboration and imprisoned for 20 years, five of which she had already served.
Polls suggested Peruvians widely disapproved of the decision to release her, and prosecutors said the arguments for freeing her were riddled with errors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11018049