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COHA commissioned Dr. Nicholas Birns of New School
University, New York,
to do the following assessment of the Berenson case.
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Lori Through
the Looking Glass
A New Perspective On the Lori Berenson Case |
Analysis prepared by COHA
Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Nicholas Birns
Wednesday 28 September 2005
Our perception of Lori Berenson has been
clouded by a bewildering recent series of rulings and counter-findings
surrounding her case. Lori Berenson has been imprisoned in Peru for
almost ten years for allegedly conspiring with terrorists. (The grim
anniversary of her imprisonment is upcoming in November). New challenges
and complications in the Andean region and its neighbors, have only
exacerbated the situation.
Full
article...
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