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Boluarte promises to reduce citizen insecurity in Peru this year
The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, promised to reduce this year in a “considerable and significant” way the rates of citizen insecurity, by participating this Monday in the inauguration of laboratories of the Integrated System of Ballistic Identification of the National Police.
The head of state said that this 2025 her commitment will lead her to “intensify actions against crime,” after the National Police managed to arrest 362,000 criminals and dismantle 13,000 criminal gangs in 2024.
“This year every day will be dedicated to achieving the security of every Peruvian and we will also be in December celebrating that we have hit organized crime, advancing in having a safer homeland,” said Boluarte.
Peru and an investment with a view to boosting the fight against insecurity
The president indicated that the ballistic identification laboratories, modernized after eight years, will strengthen the fight of the National Police against crime.
“This repowering of this laboratory cost 21 million soles (5.5 million dollars), but it is not an effort, it is an investment to guarantee the security of the entire territory,” Boluarte added.
The president explained that this investment not only optimizes ballistic apperisats, but is a more agile system to prevent the misuse of weapons.
For the first time, the identification of weapons used in crimes and the registration of new weapons will be integrated, the president said.
A message for the country’s Justice
In that sense, Boluarte insisted that, with the integrated system, the Police will respond quickly to the requirements of the Prosecutor’s Office so that “criminals go to jail and do not release them.”
“Mr. judges and prosecutors, may criminals not return to the streets to commit crimes again,” said the president in a new criticism of the work of justice operators.
Boluarte pointed out that “there is much to do” in the fight against citizen insecurity, but that his government is concerned with giving the necessary logistics to the National Police, an institution he recognized for its work.
International
Klaus Iohannis resigns as romanian president following growing opposition pressure
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday, following growing pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a higher court annulled a presidential election in the European Union country.
“To free Romania from this crisis, I resign as President of Romania,” he said, adding that he would step down on February 12.
Iohannis, 65, had held the presidential office since 2014, having completed the maximum of two five-year terms. However, his presidency was extended in December after the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential race just two days before the second-round vote on December 8.
This decision followed an unexpected victory by the far-right populist Calin Georgescu in the first round, which was followed by allegations of Russian interference and electoral violations.
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Saudi PhD student’s sentence reduced to 4 years after Twitter activity
A Saudi PhD student from the University of Leeds in Britain has been released after her 34-year sentence for her activities on Twitter in Saudi Arabia was drastically reduced, a human rights group reported on Monday.
Salma al-Shehab, who has two children, was sentenced to 34 years in prison in 2022 for her tweets.
A London-based Saudi rights group, ALQST, announced her release. In January, ALQST and other organizations said that her sentence was reduced to four years in prison, with an additional four years suspended.
“She should now be granted full freedom, including the right to travel to complete her studies,” said the group.
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Victims of Álvaro Uribe case request international observers for trial
Victims in the legal case against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe have requested that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), the United Nations, and other international organizations send observers to monitor the trial against the former leader.
“The victims’ group announces that it will appeal to the CIDH, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and internationally recognized NGOs to designate international observers to attend the trial, in order to ensure the right to justice is upheld and that judges and magistrates imparting justice are respected,” said the victims, led by left-wing senator Iván Cepeda.
Last Thursday, the trial began against the former Colombian president on charges of bribery, process fraud, and bribery in criminal proceedings.
In this trial, in which for the first time a former Colombian president faces criminal charges, Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia will have to decide whether the Prosecution’s accusations against Uribe are valid or if, as the defense claims, Uribe is innocent of the charges.
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