Free Lori Berenson

Today is the 4th anniversary of Lori Berenson's imprisonment in Peru for 'treason against the fatherland of Peru.' The U.S. staunchly supports the Peruvian regime, so Lori languishes.

Lori's message today includes this appraisal of the situation in Peru:

The violation of human rights in Peru isn't only a problem of lack of democracy, freedom of speech and press, and the existence of judicial systems that are completely subordinate to political power. The foremost violation is the institutional violence that relegates the vast majority of people to living in misery. The right to food, health, education and employment are human rights that are consistently violated in Peru and we cannot be silent when we see and live these violations, when we know that there is spreading hunger and misery -- and far too many deaths that result from neglect.