| PERU BISHOPS STATEMENT |
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| Monday, 26 July 2010 15:06 |
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http://iglesiadescalza.blogspot.com/2010/07/peru-church-defends-environmental.html
PRESENT STATE OF THE CASE Brother Paul’s lawyers had put in an injunction and a Habeas Corpus when the Ministry issued their resolution limiting his permanence in the country. In her judgment the lady Judge, after a three day consideration, ordered the Ministry to “cease every act of intimidation, or obstacle in the way of his normal work and to guarantee his non-expulsion from the country, ensuring him freedom to cross the borders.” The Ministry of the Interior has now appealed against that order. Their appeal will now be heard around the 9th of August here in the Maynas Court in Iquitos.
Peru expels British environmental activist 5 JulyPeru’s government has announced plans to expel the British environmentalist Brother Paul McAuley from Peru. McAuley has spoken out in defence of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous rights in Peru for many years. He is president of the Loreto Environmental Network, a grassroots organization based in Iquitos, the largest town in the northern Peruvian Amazon. read more...<< Survival >> |
