Prosecutors were given the green light by Perus Congress to charge former President Alberto Fujimori with crimes against humanity, a move officials hope will step up pressure on Japan to force the exiled leader to face justice. In a special session Monday night Congress voted 75 to 0 to lift Fujimoris constitutional immunity, opening the way for prosecutors to file charges of homicide and forced disappearances for two massacres committed by a paramilitary death squad.
http://news.excite.ca/news/ap/010828/06/int-peru-fujimori
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