Peru
29.05.00
Urgent Interventions
Peru: torture suffered by journalist Fabian Salazar Olivares
Peru: journalist tortured by National Intelligence Service
Case PER 290500
The International Secretariat of the OMCT requests your urgent intervention in connection with the following situation in Peru.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of the OMCT was informed of the torture suffered by journalist Fabian Salazar Olivares at the hands of presumed agents of the National Intelligence Service, SIN, in Peru.
According to the Peruvian National Coordination Committee on Human Rights, on May 24th at approximately 19:00 hours, presumed agents of the SIN entered the office of journalist Fabián Salazar, for the purpose of discovering the identity of those who provided him with information allegedly connecting the presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos with the authorities in charge of the electoral system, journalists, and the communication media bosses and investigation companies.
In order to achieve their objective the SIN agents sat the journalist in a chair and gagged him with adhesive tape, covering his eyes, mouth and feet. Having immobilized him they switched on the television with the volume at high and proceeded to question him, whilst slowly cutting his left wrist with a saw. Suspecting that the caretaker of the building had called for help the torturers decided to abandon the office. Before doing so they attempted to set the office on fire with petrol thinking that the journalist had fainted, but he was able to extricate himself and escape from the premises.
The International Secretariat of the OMCT condemns the treacherous attack on Sr. Fabian Salazar Olivares and shares the grave concern due to the absence of guarantees protecting the right to freedom of opinion and other fundamental rights in Peru.
Action requested
Please write to the Peruvian authorities strongly urging them to:
i. guarantee the safety and the physical and psychological integrity of Sr. Fabian Salazar Olivares, including adequate and free health care;
ii. carry out the thorough and impartial investigation of the facts referred to above in order to identify those responsible, bring them to justice before a competent and impartial tribunal and impose upon them the penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions provided by law;
iii. ensure the respect of the right to freedom of expression and allow the journalists to do their work throughout the whole of the country;
iv. guarantee in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental liberties in accordance with national and international laws on human rights, in particular the provisions of the Convention against Torture ratified by Peru.
Addresses
Sr. Presidente Alberto Fujimori, Presidente de la República del Peru, Palacio de Gobierno, Plaza Mayor, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-6770
Sr. Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde, Ministro de Justicia, Ministerio de Justicia, Scipión Llona 350, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru. Fax: (511) 422 3577
Sr. José Villanueva Ruesta, Ministro del Interior, Ministerio del Interior, Plaza 30 de Agosto s/n Urb. Córpac. San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru. Fax: (511) 2242407
Dr. Fernando de Trazegnies Granda, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Jr. Ucayali 363, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 427-3860 Tel: (511) 427-1992
Dr. Edgardo Mosqueira Medina, Ministro de la Presidencia, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Paseo de la República 4297, Surquillo, Lima 34, Peru. Fax: (511) 222-3652, 222-3679
Dr. Miguel Aljovín Swayne, Fiscal de la Nación, Fiscalía de la Nación, Av. Abancay, Cuadra 5 s/n Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-4620, anexo 5011, 5010, 426-0434 Tel: (511) 426-2474
General César Enrique Saucedo Sánchez, Presidente del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, Av. Arequipa 291, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 4335449. Tel: (511) 433-5377
Gral. PNP Fernando Dianderas Ottone, Director General de la Policía Nacional del Peru, Ministerio de Interior, Canaval y Moreyra, cdra. 7 San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru. Fax: (511) 225-2139. Tel: (511) 225-4050
Dr. Jorge Santistevan y de Noriega, Defensor del Pueblo, Defensoría del Pueblo, Jr. Ucayali 388, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-6657. Tel: (511)426-8033
The Peruvian Embassy in your respective countries-
Geneva, 29th May 2000
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code number of this appeal in your reply.
Case PER 290500
The International Secretariat of the OMCT requests your urgent intervention in connection with the following situation in Peru.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of the OMCT was informed of the torture suffered by journalist Fabian Salazar Olivares at the hands of presumed agents of the National Intelligence Service, SIN, in Peru.
According to the Peruvian National Coordination Committee on Human Rights, on May 24th at approximately 19:00 hours, presumed agents of the SIN entered the office of journalist Fabián Salazar, for the purpose of discovering the identity of those who provided him with information allegedly connecting the presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos with the authorities in charge of the electoral system, journalists, and the communication media bosses and investigation companies.
In order to achieve their objective the SIN agents sat the journalist in a chair and gagged him with adhesive tape, covering his eyes, mouth and feet. Having immobilized him they switched on the television with the volume at high and proceeded to question him, whilst slowly cutting his left wrist with a saw. Suspecting that the caretaker of the building had called for help the torturers decided to abandon the office. Before doing so they attempted to set the office on fire with petrol thinking that the journalist had fainted, but he was able to extricate himself and escape from the premises.
The International Secretariat of the OMCT condemns the treacherous attack on Sr. Fabian Salazar Olivares and shares the grave concern due to the absence of guarantees protecting the right to freedom of opinion and other fundamental rights in Peru.
Action requested
Please write to the Peruvian authorities strongly urging them to:
i. guarantee the safety and the physical and psychological integrity of Sr. Fabian Salazar Olivares, including adequate and free health care;
ii. carry out the thorough and impartial investigation of the facts referred to above in order to identify those responsible, bring them to justice before a competent and impartial tribunal and impose upon them the penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions provided by law;
iii. ensure the respect of the right to freedom of expression and allow the journalists to do their work throughout the whole of the country;
iv. guarantee in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental liberties in accordance with national and international laws on human rights, in particular the provisions of the Convention against Torture ratified by Peru.
Addresses
Sr. Presidente Alberto Fujimori, Presidente de la República del Peru, Palacio de Gobierno, Plaza Mayor, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-6770
Sr. Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde, Ministro de Justicia, Ministerio de Justicia, Scipión Llona 350, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru. Fax: (511) 422 3577
Sr. José Villanueva Ruesta, Ministro del Interior, Ministerio del Interior, Plaza 30 de Agosto s/n Urb. Córpac. San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru. Fax: (511) 2242407
Dr. Fernando de Trazegnies Granda, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Jr. Ucayali 363, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 427-3860 Tel: (511) 427-1992
Dr. Edgardo Mosqueira Medina, Ministro de la Presidencia, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Paseo de la República 4297, Surquillo, Lima 34, Peru. Fax: (511) 222-3652, 222-3679
Dr. Miguel Aljovín Swayne, Fiscal de la Nación, Fiscalía de la Nación, Av. Abancay, Cuadra 5 s/n Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-4620, anexo 5011, 5010, 426-0434 Tel: (511) 426-2474
General César Enrique Saucedo Sánchez, Presidente del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, Av. Arequipa 291, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 4335449. Tel: (511) 433-5377
Gral. PNP Fernando Dianderas Ottone, Director General de la Policía Nacional del Peru, Ministerio de Interior, Canaval y Moreyra, cdra. 7 San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru. Fax: (511) 225-2139. Tel: (511) 225-4050
Dr. Jorge Santistevan y de Noriega, Defensor del Pueblo, Defensoría del Pueblo, Jr. Ucayali 388, Lima 1, Peru. Fax: (511) 426-6657. Tel: (511)426-8033
The Peruvian Embassy in your respective countries-
Geneva, 29th May 2000
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code number of this appeal in your reply.