Lori Berenson, the American activist arrested in Peru and originally tried for "treason" by a faceless military tribunal, has now spent ten years in prison. Currently she is in prison in Cajamarca, and spent December working in the prison's bakery turning out Christmas breads to be sold in town. Peruvian TV captured some of her time in the kitchen.
http://www.peru.com/noticias/idocs/2005/12/2/DetalleDocumento_264368.asp
Lori was originally arrested and accused of being a member of the terrorist organization Movimiento Revolucionario Tupca Amaru (MRTA). She was tried by military court composed of faceless judges, found guilty of treason and sentenced to life in prison. She spent the first few years of her imprisonment in the Yanamayo prison near Puno, on the high Andes. There she endured sub-human conditions, including exposure to freezing temperatures, lack of appropriate food and opportunities for exercise. Due to this conditions, she developed numerous health problems.
Due to international pressure, Peru eventually abandoned its military tribunals and re-tried Lori in a civilian court. The court found that there was no credible evidence that she was ever part of the MRTA, much less in the leadership of the organization, but that some of the actions she undertook constituted collaboration with terrorism. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Her case was presented to the Inter-American Committee on Human Rights, who found that both judicial procedures had violated her rights under the convention. However, the Committee's decision was appealed to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which found that while the military procedures had, indeed, violated her rights, the civilian procedures did not violate the norms of due process under the convention.
Lori continues in prison, now at the Huacariz Prison in Cajamarca, where prison conditions are better.
For more information see:
Committee to Free Lori Berenson
Sentence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights