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Rights court orders Peru not to release jailed ex-president

Supporters of former, jailed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gather outside the DIROES prison as they wait for his release, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Earlier in the month, Peru's Constitutional Court approved Fujimori's release from prison where he was serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges, restoring a humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori on Christmas Eve in 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) Supporters of former, jailed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori hold his photo outside the prison as they wait for him to be released in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Earlier in the month, Peru's Constitutional Court approved Fujimori's release from prison where he was serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges, restoring a humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori on Christmas Eve in 2017. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) Supporters of former, jailed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gather outside the prison as they wait for him to be released in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Earlier in the month, Peru's Constitutional Court approved Fujimori's release from prison where he was serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges, restoring a humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori on Christmas Eve in 2017. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) A picture of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori reads in Spanish "Freedom" hangs outside the jail where Fujimori is held in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Earlier in the month, Peru's Constitutional Court approved Fujimori's release from prison where he is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges, restoring a humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori on Christmas Eve in 2017. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) FILE - Peru's jailed, former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 28, 2016. A Peruvian judge on Thursday, March 24, 2022, banned Fujimori from leaving the country for 18 months upon his released from prison where he is serving a 25-year sentence for murder. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Rights court orders Peru not to release jailed ex-president