**Updates IFEX alert dated 7 June 1996** On 8 June 1996, Radio Oriental reporter Miguel Perez Julca was released from prison after the intervention of congresswoman and journalist Elferez Vidarte, who got in touch with both the Congressional Human Rights and Pacification Commission and State Prosecutor Blanca Nelida Colan in order to procure his release. […]
**Updates IFEX alert dated 7 June 1996**
On 8 June 1996, Radio Oriental reporter Miguel Perez Julca was
released from prison after the intervention of congresswoman and
journalist Elferez Vidarte, who got in touch with both the
Congressional Human Rights and Pacification Commission and State
Prosecutor Blanca Nelida Colan in order to procure his release.
Perez is in good health and was not mistreated while in
detention.
On 6 June, Perez was arrested because he did not appear in court
after receiving a summons to appear before a tribunal in Chiclayo
in regard to charges of terrorism previously used to sentence him
wrongly in 1992 to one year in prison. He was acquitted in August
1993. However, under Peru’s anti-terrorism legislation, a person
acquitted of terrorism can again be summoned to court and
possibly detained if the court decides to annul the previous
trial and sentence. Consequently, Perez laid low for fear of
being charged and imprisoned once again.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Appeals To
Ing. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori
President
Palacio de Gobierno
Plaza de Armas
Lima 1, Peru
Fax: +511 4266770 (or +511 4266535 via presidential press office)
General Carlos Dominguez
Director
The National Anti-Terrorism Agency (DINCOTE)
Fax: +511 4333833/333834
Please copy appeals to the originator if possible.
