Comments for Peru court rules Fujimori guilty

Comment by fionamc

fionamc — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:17:38 +0100

fionamc said:

Interesting point Antonio. I think that question rings true around the world; those in charge are too eager to move on and put the past behind them, when the country's citizens really want to see some justice and accountability. The possibility of Bush being brought to trial (or not!) is just another example where it doesn't seem that Obama is brave enough to say 'Let's face the past, as well as moving on'.

Comment by Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:11:47 +0100

Antonio said:

Definitely this is a great step and at the same time is so sad. If this is what law found aout about an ex president, what can we expect from the ones that haven't been revealed? Here in my country (Mexico) there's so much to move froward still but apparently... people in charge of it are still afraid to face the facts from the past and theonly arguement that these people have to say (for example the ex president Echeverria... also a suspect for the massive killing of people in Tlatelolco in 1968) is that "the past is gone" and there's no need to ask for it anymore. Unbelieveable but true.

Comment by fionamc

fionamc — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:18:32 +0100

fionamc said:

This is a great step towards justice in Latin America. Be interesting to see if other cases follow this lead; there's such a long history of widespread human rights abuses in the region.