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(Peru) Pedro Castillo: “They Orchestrated My Arrest and Immediate Removal From Office”

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Former President Pedro Castillo stated on his X account that “the Peruvian state flagrantly violated his human rights and that he was subjected to arbitrary detention while serving as President of the Republic on December 7, 2022.” Castillo Terrones made these remarks following the report by the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which issued Opinion No. 78/2025 concluding that his detention was arbitrary and recommending …

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The Foreign Ministry of the neighbouring country held that the ruling on the detention of the ex-mandatario lacks binding legal effect, after the international body characterized it as arbitrary and requested his immediate release.

·Las Condes, Chile
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Lima, 11 Jul (EFE).- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru said this Saturday that the opinion of the ‘Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations’ that concluded that the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) was arbitrary and should be released. In a press release, the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the opinions of this working group “do not have the legal nature of an international judgment, d…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru issued a statement this weekend clarifying that the opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations, which described as arbitrary the deprivation of liberty of former President Pedro Castillo and recommended his immediate release, lacks a binding jurisdictional character and does not produce [...]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the recent report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations concerning the legal situation of former President Pedro Castillo, who is currently being held in Barbadillo prison in the Lima district of Ate.In a statement, it clarified the legal nature of that report, explaining that this group is a "non-jurisdictional monitoring mechanism" composed of independent professionals.Ac…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the opinion rendered by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGDA) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN) regarding the detention of former President Pedro Castillo is not binding.

·Lima, Peru
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The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issues recommendations, but not sentences, said Chancellery in a communiqué

·Peru
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EXITOSA NOTICIAS - NOTICIAS DEL PERU Y EL MUNDO broke the news on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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