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Rights panel to review Berenson case
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights agreed to review the case of Lori Berenson, an American imprisoned in Peru for aiding leftist rebels, a court spokesman confirmed Thursday.
The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court, part of the Organization of American States, can legally bind member countries, including Peru, to comply with its rulings.
Laura Furst, of the Washington-based Committee to Free Lori Berenson, said Thursday that the court decided Sept. 6 to review Berenson's claim that she didn't receive due process last year when she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Berenson, 32, of New York, was convicted in June 2001 of collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement in a failed bid to seize Peru's Congress in 1995.
A secret military court sentenced her in 1996 to life in prison for being a Tupac Amaru leader and plotting the thwarted attack. That decision was overturned in 2000.
In February, the Supreme Court upheld the civilian court's decision, leaving a presidential pardon or a ruling by the inter-American system as Berenson's only options for getting released from prison.
A pardon would be unpopular in Peru, where many consider Berenson a foreign terrorist.
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