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Weekly Report - 18 August 2016 (WR-16-32)

Peru’s Fujimori absolved of embezzlement charge

Peru’s supreme court struck down a sentence against former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) for embezzlement this week. This particular prison sentence, for eight years, was handed down in January 2015. Fujimori was accused of siphoning off PEN$122m (US$36.8m at the current exchange rate) from state coffers to finance a major tabloid press campaign in favour of his re-election in 2000, the so-called ‘Diarios Chichas’ case. The ruling is controversial but it does not substantially alter Fujimori’s position, as other embezzlement charges and, most importantly, a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity, remain in place.

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