The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has asked the Peruvian authorities to refrain for now from implementing the decision of the Constitutional Court, according to which orders the “immediate” release of former President Alberto Fujimori pending a detailed study of the said resolution in order to examine its compliance with the criteria established in 2022.

Fujimori meets detained at the Barbadillo Penitentiary Center, where he is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity. The former Peruvian president, citing his 85 years of age and poor health, argues that he should serve the remainder of his sentence outside prison.

However, the Inter-American Court asked not to release him. We are waiting to see if the latest order meets all the criteria and previous approvals, with the main goal of “guaranteeing the right of access to justice for the victims of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases”, both massacres for which Fujimori was prosecuted.

Believes it should be avoided at all costs causes “irreparable harm to the right of access to justice” of the aforementioned victims who suffered from “crimes against humanity under international criminal law”, according to opinions collected by the radio station RPP.

The Fujimori affair began in December 2017, when Peru’s then-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski granted him a humanitarian pardon. which, however, was overturned by the court just a few months later, in the summer of 2018. A legal dispute was then opened, the closure of which now seems final.

In addition to the 25-year prison sentence for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta massacres, Fujimori faces another criminal trial ahead. along with several of his health ministers for the forced sterilization of nearly 350,000 women and 25,000 men from various indigenous communities during his reign.

‘Error’ in registry prevented Fujimori’s immediate release, says his daughter

An obvious error in registering signatures in the Peruvian Constitutional Court ruling ordering the release of former President Alberto Fujimori failed to release on Tuesday and according to his daughter Keiko Fujimori, that will have to wait until Wednesday.

In statements to the media, the former presidential candidate explained that “There was a small administrative obstacle. this prevented (the liberation) from happening today.”

“We hope that in the next few hours, early in the morning (Wednesday), “This error can be corrected to realize freedom.” “From my father,” Fujimori added at the door of his house.

The former congresswoman also said it was “with great hope” and “great joy,” but Now they are going to “wait very carefully.”

In turn, he stated that His father, 85, is “calm” and “very excited.” after hearing a TC ruling ordering his immediate release, despite a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IDC), which asked the Peruvian state to refrain from releasing the former president, sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.

A few minutes before Fujimori’s statements, the head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), Javier Llaque, told Channel N that Due to the lack of signatures, the process of releasing Fujimori begins. and that he expects responsible personnel to “get the job done.”

The resolution, which was signed by 3 of the current 6 members of the TC, with the casting vote of the President of the Court Francisco Morales, stated that “The appeal for reconsideration is justified at the end of the direct and immediate execution of the sentence passed on March 12 last year, a relapse in the present trial.”

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Last Friday, a court in the southern region of Ica declared the first ruling of the Constitutional Court unacceptable this reinstated Fujimori’s pardon and sent the case back to the TC.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Francisco Morales said authorities They were to “proceed with the immediate release” of Fujimori. against two resolutions of the Inter-American Court.

(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)