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Imprisoned
June 6
Miguel Pérez Julca, Radio Oriental, IMPRISONED, LEGAL ACTION
Pérez, a reporter with Radio Oriental, was arrested after he refused to appear before a tribunal in Chiclayo, in northwestern Peru, on charges of terrorism. He was released two days later after protests by a Peruvian congresswoman, local press freedom organizations, and colleagues. Pérez had been arrested in 1991 on the same charges and had spent two years in prison awaiting trial. In 1993, he was acquitted, but that decision was later annulled. Under Peru's anti-terrorism law, a person acquitted of terrorism can be summoned to court on the same charges if the court annuls the acquittal.
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