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Terrorist WeddingBy Michael RaduFrontPageMagazine.com | October 24, 2003 Are American (especially American-born) citizens who are members of terrorist organizations abroad entitled to special (i.e. American-style) treatment, at a time when the United States demands all countries to choose between being with us or against us in the war on terrorism? Lori Berenson thinks so. The 34-year-old New Yorker, who is serving 20 years in a Peruvian prison on terrorism charges, criticizes the authorities for keeping her groom from the wedding they just recently arranged. The groom, Aníbal Apari, a 40-year-old “law student” recently released from prison after serving 12-1/2 years of a...

LIMA, Peru, Oct. 2 — Lori Berenson, a New Yorker serving 20 years in a Peruvian prison on terrorism charges, was married there on Thursday, and immediately criticized the authorities for keeping her husband from his own wedding. The groom, Aníbal Apari, a 40-year-old law student recently freed on parole after serving 12 1/2 years of a 15-year sentence as a member of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, stayed in Lima while his father stood in for him. Mr. Apari has been told he cannot see Ms. Berenson, who was convicted of collaboration with Tupac Amaru, until he has a...

Oct 1, 2003 Imprisoned Lori Berenson's Jailhouse Wedding Delayed by a Day The Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - Imprisoned American Lori Berenson's jailhouse wedding was postponed Wednesday. But her fiance - a paroled 40-year-old Peruvian she met while the two were serving time on terrorism charges - said he can wait another day, even though he is prohibited from attending the ceremony. Berenson, 33, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and New York resident, is serving a 20-year sentence in a prison in the Andean town of Cajamarca, 350 miles north of Lima. The prospective groom Anibal Apari...

LIMA, Peru, Jul 15, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will "soon" decide whether to send the case of Lori Berenson, an American imprisoned for collaborating with rebels, to an international court, an official said Monday. The court, the legal arm of the Organization of American States, would have the authority to order Peru to overturn her conviction if it found Berenson's human rights were violated. A spokesman for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a decision would be made soon. But he did not give...

<p>IMA - By Feb. 18, word had spread through Peru's prison system that a group of leftist rebel inmates had launched a hunger strike to demand better conditions for political prisoners.</p> <p>New York native Lori Berenson, who was serving time on terrorism-related charges, faced a choice. She could ignore the strike, which included members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, the group she had been convicted of aiding. Or she could join it and risk antagonizing the Peruvian Supreme Court, which was considering her appeal of her 20-year prison term.</p>