Shining Path
Peruvian left-wing presidential candidate Guillermo Bermejo imprisoned and sentenced to 15 years
Bermejo’s defense team has rejected the accusations and denounced alleged political persecution. Bermejo was emerging as one of the most highly rated presidential candidates in the Andean country.
Protests erupt in Peru against the pardon of Fujimori
Fujimori’s dictatorship in the 1990s was marked by grave human rights violations as well as corruption including crimes of aggravated kidnapping, forced disappearance and murder of thousands of leftist guerillas especially of the Shining Path.
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- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
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