WHEREAS the Fujimori regime is guilty of the cold blooded murder of dozens of political prisoners at Canto Grande in May of 1992,
WHEREAS the Fujimori regime has sentenced Dr. Alfredo Crespo and other lawyers for the sole crime of having represented their clients,
WHEREAS the Fujimori regime has maintained and intensified a reign of terror directed against the poor in Peru, in the shantytowns as well as the countryside, through murder, disappearances, rape and brutality,
WEREAS the Fujimori regime has attacked the liberty of the press, and murdered or jailed a large number of its political opponents,
THAT the Fujimori regime must immediately rescind its anti-people laws and practices,
THAT the Fujimori regime be pursued for violations of internationally established covenants regarding the treatment of political prisoners and prisoners of war,
THAT the Fujimori regime be pursued for committing war crimes against the people of Peru,
THAT the people of Peru are justified in struggling against the reactionary Fujimori regime.
WHEREAS the U.S. Senate has unanimously applauded this capture, and leading representatives of the United States have called for the imposition of the death penalty against Dr. Guzman,
WHEREAS the U.S. Government has advised and funded the Fujimori regime's war against the people and has already introduced significant numbers of U.S. military personnel,
WHEREAS the U.S. has been the main foreign power propping up reactionary regimes in Peru for one hundred years,
WHEREAS U.S. banks and multi-nationals have played the principal role in imperialist exploitation of Peru,
THAT the U.S. government must immediately cease all aid, military and civilian, direct and indirect, to the reactionary Fujimori regime,
THAT the people of Peru are completely justified in struggling to break the grip of the U.S. on Peru and its people,
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WHEREAS Amnesty International proclaims to support the rights of all political prisoners regardless of their beliefs,
WHEREAS Amnesty International claims to oppose the death penalty under all circumstances,
WHEREAS Amnesty International has done nothing to oppose the outrageous, hooded trial of Dr. Abimael Guzman,
WHEREAS Amnesty International has made no serious efforts to oppose the murder and mistreatment of political prisoners in Peru,
WHEREAS Amnesty International has spent a far greater effort condemning the alleged misdeeds of the revolutionary forces in Peru than in combating the very real and well-documented crimes of the Fujimori regime in Peru,
WHEREAS Amnesty International has been invited to present its views and explain its position before this conference and declined to do so,
THAT Amnesty International must vigorously mobilize against the open threats of Fujimori to impose the death penalty against Dr. Guzman, and that A.I. expose the real danger that the death penalty could be imposed surreptitiously under the guise of "escape attempt", "suicide", "bad health", etc.,
THAT Amnesty International must immediately revise its so called "even handed policy" which in fact prettifies the Fujimori regime,
THAT the deafening silence of Amnesty International be held partially responsible for the fate of Dr. Abimael Guzman and other political prisoners and prisoners of war in Peru.
WHEREAS the countries neighboring Peru face similar problems to Peru in that they are largely ruled by US-backed regimes,
WHEREAS many, many people in the countries neighboring Peru are supportive of Dr. Abimael Guzman and regard him as the recognized leader of millions of peasants, workers, students, intellectuals and others of various walks of life in Peru,