Peru Court Denies Ex-President Alberto Fujimori House Arrest

Peru Court Denies Ex-President Alberto Fujimori House Arrest
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: November 22, 2014 16:33 IST

Lima: Former Peru President Alberto Fujimori's request to serve the remainder of his 25-year prison sentence under house arrest has been rejected, judicial authorities said on Friday.

The decision, handed down by a panel of three judges under the Supreme Court, called the request by the ex-leader -- who is serving time for crimes against humanity -- "unfounded and inappropriate."

It noted that house arrest is available for defendants, not those who have been convicted.

Fujimori was convicted in 2009 in the killings of 25 people by a government-backed death squad in the course of Peru's war against the Maoist Shining Path rebel group.

Fujimori urged judges to approve his transfer to house arrest at a November 7 hearing, emphasizing that he would not live to serve the entire sentence, and that it qualified as a "slow death penalty."

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