Ivcher and his family are asked to report to court

(IFJ/IFEX) – Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, his wife Neomy Even and their daughter Michal Ivcher have been called to appear before the Court specializing in Taxation and Customs Offences, presided by judge Nicolás Trujillo Lopez. The Ivchers, who own the Productos Paraíso del Perú company, were summoned to provide information on their assets, which may be […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, his wife Neomy Even and their daughter
Michal Ivcher have been called to appear before the Court specializing in
Taxation and Customs Offences, presided by judge Nicolás Trujillo Lopez. The
Ivchers, who own the Productos Paraíso del Perú company, were summoned to
provide information on their assets, which may be seized by the court.

**Updates IFEX alerts of 9 April, 6 April, 22 March and 9 March 1999; for
background on Ivcher being stripped of his citizenship and television
station ownership rights see IFEX alerts of 6 November and 15 July 1998, 19
September, 12 September, 29 August, 6 August, 24 July, 14 July, 3 June and
29 May 1997**

The notice states that the Ivchers were said to have willfully disobeyed a
court order in connection with a charge brought forth against them by
Frecuencia Latina-Channel 2 minority shareholders Samuel and Mendel Winter,
for alleged adulteration of Channel 2’s Shares’ Registry and Transfer Book.

This charge was brought against them after this court and a civil court
granted Even and Michal Ivcher the authority to represent Channel 2 majority
shareholders. Ivcher’s right to direct the company was suspended after his
Peruvian citizenship was stripped (see IFEX alerts).

In related news, in the coming week, the Inter American Human Rights Court
will examine Ivcher’s accusation that the Peruvian state arbitrarily
stripped him of his citizenship, with the intent to remove him from his post
as director of Frecuencia Latina-Channel 2. In a press release, the Inter
American Court stated that Ivcher’s case is based on the “arbitrary
stripping of his citizenship title” in order to take control of Frecuencia
Latina’s administration away from him. The case presented to the Court by
the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) suggests that the
stripping of the businessman’s citizenship “restricted his freedom of
expression, and thus his ability to denounce human rights violations.”

On 31 March, the Commission submitted the case to the court, stating that
Ivcher was a naturalised Peruvian citizen and was majority shareholder,
director and president of the Channel 2 board of directors. It is further
noted that Peru violated Articles 20, 8 and 13 of the American Convention
which establish the right to citizenship, legal guarantees and freedom of
thought and expression, respectively. Furthermore, the Peruvian state is
thought to have infringed on Ivcher’s rights to private property and legal
protection. The businessman’s case will be examined by the court during its
XLIV hearings, scheduled to take place from 23 May to 4 June, in San José,
Costa Rica.

Recommended Action

Miguel Aljovín Swayne

Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Lima, Peru

Fax: + 51 14 262 474

Victor Raul Castillo Castillo

President

Supreme Court of Justice

Lima, Peru

Fax: +51 14 268 851
Jorge Santistevan de Noriega

Ombudsman

Office of the Ombudsman

Lima, Peru

Fax: +51 14 267 889