Controversial Ex-President Fujimori Released from Prison on Humanitarian Grounds

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds. Despite a request from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to delay his release, Peru's constitutional court ordered his immediate release. Fujimori, who governed Peru from 1990 to 2000, was accused of being the mastermind behind the slayings of 25 Peruvians by death squads in the 1990s. His release has sparked controversy and criticism from human rights organizations and the United Nations.