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Coronavirus: Peru limits movement by gender to stem spread

April 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

Peru has begun enforcing strict new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, restricting public movement by gender. Men can only leave home on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; women can do so on […]

Peru’s opposition leader Keiko Fujimori in custody again

January 29, 2020 World Justice News 0

Peru’s opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has returned to prison for a new 15-month pre-trial term amid ongoing investigations into accusations of corruption and money laundering. Ms Fujimori has already spent 13 months in jail but […]

Peru’s ex-President Alan García shoots himself before arrest

April 17, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former Peruvian President Alan García has died after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations. Mr García was rushed to hospital in the capital, Lima. His death was […]

Peru corruption: Former president Alan Garcia seeks asylum

November 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Peru’s former president has requested asylum at the Uruguayan embassy after being barred from leaving the country. Alan Garcia is accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in exchange for government contracts to […]

Peru court reverses ex-president Alberto Fujimori’s pardon

October 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A court in Peru has reversed a pardon granted to the country’s ex-president, Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori was pardoned in December on health grounds, nine years after being found guilty of having links to a death […]

Peru political turmoil: Supreme court president resigns over tapes scandal

July 19, 2018 zoshinuk 0

The president of Peru’s Supreme Court has resigned amid a widening corruption scandal that has rocked the country’s judicial system. Duberli Rodriguez’s resignation follows the release last week of audiotapes suggesting sentences could be bought […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]