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A key hearing is due to be held in Peru on Monday which could see former President Alberto Fujimori charged over the sterilisation of hundreds of thousands of Peruvians.
Fujimori has previously argued that all sterilisations were consensual but thousands of women have disagreed.
Some said they were not informed, others that they were tied down.
The programme was introduced as part of an anti-poverty drive, aimed at cutting birth rates among poor families.
Prosecutors are expected to argue that Alberto Fujimori s government is responsible for the forced sterilisations.
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16:00 | Lima, Jan. 11. The Judicial Branch on Monday was going to hold a virtual hearing in which the Public Ministry was supposed to present the charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori, former health ministers, and other ex-government officials in the case of forced sterilizations in Peru.
The hearing scheduled for today was suspended by Judge Martinez to incorporate Quechua interpreters, in the most representative variants, with which it seeks to guarantee the right to participate in their language of the people considered as aggrieved.
In this sense, the magistrate ordered the session be suspended for a new date that will be notified to the parties.
16:00 | Lima, Jan. 11. The Judicial Branch on Monday was going to hold a virtual hearing in which the Public Ministry was supposed to present the charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori, former health ministers, and other ex-government officials in the case of forced sterilizations in Peru.
The hearing scheduled for today was suspended by Judge Martinez to incorporate Quechua interpreters, in the most representative variants, with which it seeks to guarantee the right to participate in their language of the people considered as aggrieved.
In this sense, the magistrate ordered the session be suspended for a new date that will be notified to the parties.
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