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| Judge blocks Fujimori extradition | Judge blocks Fujimori extradition |
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| A Chilean judge has ruled that Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru. | A Chilean judge has ruled that Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru. |
| Mr Fujimori has been accused of human rights violations and corruption by Peru's prosecutors. | |
| The judge's decision, which is open to appeal, means Mr Fujimori's case will now pass to Chile's Supreme Court, which will have the final say. | The judge's decision, which is open to appeal, means Mr Fujimori's case will now pass to Chile's Supreme Court, which will have the final say. |
| Mr Fujimori, the son of Japanese emigres to Peru, denies all the charges against him. | |
| President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, he was praised for reviving the country's collapsing economy and curbing political violence. But critics accuse him of crushing Peru's democratic institutions and committing human rights abuses. | |
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| In 2000 he became engulfed in a bribery scandal and fled to Japan, where he had been praised for his handling of a 1996-97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis. | In 2000 he became engulfed in a bribery scandal and fled to Japan, where he had been praised for his handling of a 1996-97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis. |
| Japan repeatedly refused efforts by the Peruvian government to extradite him on charges that included directing death squads, illegal phone tapping and corruption. | Japan repeatedly refused efforts by the Peruvian government to extradite him on charges that included directing death squads, illegal phone tapping and corruption. |
| But in November 2005 he returned to Chile, hoping to launch a new bid for the Peruvian presidency in 2006 elections, only to be arrested on the request of the Peruvian authorities. | |
| He recently announced his intention to run in this month's Japanese Senate elections, a move his critics said was a ploy to avoid extradition from Chile. |