March 8, 2021 Francisco Jara & Christian Sierra LIMA (AFP) – The start of court proceedings against Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori for a programme blamed for forcibly sterilising thousands of poor, mostly indigenous women has generated hope among victims that justice will finally be served. “We’ve been waiting more than 20 years for justice. I want them to recognise us, to apologise to all the women” threatened or coerced into being sterilised, Gloria Basilio Huaman told AFP. She said authorities tricked her into getting her fallopian tubes tied when she was 27, as part of a family planning programme implemented by Fujimori during the final four years of his mandate.