Citizenship Restored for Ousted TV Mogul
From Times Wire Reports
President Alberto Fujimori’s government restored Peruvian citizenship to an Israeli-born businessman who was forced from the country after his TV station aired reports linking the military to torture and corruption. The government stripped Baruch Ivcher of his citizenship and control of his Channel 2 station in 1997 in a case that sparked international outrage and came to symbolize attempts by Fujimori’s government to suppress press freedom.
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