**Updates IFEX alert dated 16 November 1994** Dilcia de Rivera, the wife of detained journalist Hermes Rivera Guerrero, brought a letter from the journalist to the offices of IPYS. In it, Rivera indicates that he embarked on a hunger strike on 26 January, sewing his mouth closed with thread. His wife indicated to IPYS that […]
**Updates IFEX alert dated 16 November 1994**
Dilcia de Rivera, the wife of detained journalist Hermes Rivera
Guerrero, brought a letter from the journalist to the offices of
IPYS. In it, Rivera indicates that he embarked on a hunger strike
on 26 January, sewing his mouth closed with thread. His wife
indicated to IPYS that she might begin a hunger strike in support
of her husband. The full text of the letter, in Spanish only, is
appended to this alert.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to Peruvian authorities:
Appeals To
Ing. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori
President
Palacio de Gobierno
Plaza de Armas
Lima 1, Peru
Fax: +5114-337020, +5114-326535
Dr. Luis Serpa Segura
President of the Supreme Court
Fax: +5114-332555
Minister of Justice
Ministry of Justice
Edificio del Banco Continental 7
Lima, Peru
Dra. Blanca Nelida Colan Maguino
Public Prosecutor
Fax: +5114-334429
Copy to:
Institute for Press and Society (IPYS)
Juan de Aliaga 452
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17, Peru
Tel: 51-14-624040
Fax: 5114-623624
E-mail: kela@ipyspe.org.pe
