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Berenson was a passenger on a public bus in Lima, Peru when she was arrested Nov. 30, 1995. She was “held incommunicado,” tried by a hooded mili tary tribunal and convict ed of being a leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolution ary Move m e n t ( M R T A ) . Charged with aiding the group in planning an attack on the Peruvian Congress, Berenson, who has consistently maintained her innocence, has served more than four years of her life sen tence, which provides no chance for parole. Kristen Gardner, Berenson’s college roommate, and Gail Tay lor, national coordinator of the Committee to Free Lori Berenson, will speak this weekend about the case and “the international, economic and political condi tions” which have led to Beren son’s imprisonment. The first event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sat urday at the Friends Meeting House, 2274 Onyx St. The follow ing day at 2 p.m., the location switches to the McNail-Riley House, 601 West 13th Ave. Both events are free. The main objective of Gardner and Taylor’s speaking tour, which will take them from California to Washington, is to gain support for a letter writing campaign direct ed at President Clinton to get him to take action, said Joanie Levine, co-organizer of the Eugene events. Berenson, a 30-year-old hu man-rights activist from New York and journalist with an inter est in Central and Latin American culture, history, economics and politics, had spent an extensive amount of time in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Peru prior to her arrest. She was working on as signment as a free-lance journal ist for two U.S. publications — Modern Times and Third World Viewpoint — documenting the effects of poverty on women in Peru. “The case of Lori Berenson is so.startlingly unjust that we can’t really be silent about it,” said Scott Miksch, coordinator of the Committee in Solidarity with Central American People. “No one has been allowed to see evi dence against her. Basically it is their word against hers.” (( The case of Lori Berenson is so startlingly unjust that we can't real ly be silent about it. Scott Miksch coordinator of the Commit tee in Solidarity with Central American People Miksch described the MRTA as “one of several armed insurgent groups responding to the grind ing poverty and injustice” in Peru. Miksch said allegations which claim that Berenson rented a “safe” house for the MRTA in Lima are unfounded and Levine seconds that assertion. “The U.S. government did in vestigate the ‘safe’ house and that charge was disqualified,” Levine said. “Her name was not on the lease and the landlord had never seen her before.” However, according to a guest commentary by Frank Balzas published in the July 31 issue of the Register-Guard, Berenson “was arrested with the wife of the top MRTA leader, Nestor Cerpa” and is referred to as the “gringa terrorist” in Peru. Balzas, who served at the U.S. Embassy in Peru from 1994 to 1998 and supervised the intelli gence section for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, contended that when authorities attempted to arrest MRTA mem bers [at the ‘safe’ house] an ex tended shoot-out ensued, result ing in several deaths. For extensive information on Berenson’s case visit the Web site at www.freelori.org. Nader visits convention By Eun-Kyung Kim The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Presi dential hopeful Ralph Nader en couraged young people Wednes day to draw their friends into politics and to “shuck off’ soci ety’s “trivialization” of their is sues. “You’ve got to have a sense of urgency,” Nader, the Green Party candidate, told the National Youth Convention. “It’s time for you to say to the adult popula tion. Stop trivializing us and our issues.’” The several hundred conven tion “delegates” have been meet ing since Sunday at Drexel Uni versity to create a platform of issues affecting them. Among their concerns: education, pover ty, health, the environment, drugs and political and community in volvement. Organizers said Bush declined an invitation to attend. Nader poked fun at his ab sence, turning frequently to com ment to the chair beside him la beled with a “reserved for George W. Bush” sign. Some participants said Bush dismissed them by not attending. Bush arrived in the convention city Wednesday morning for the GOP National Convention. “The fact that he decided not to attend shows that either one, he doesn’t feel the youth vote is im portant or two, he feels that he’s not accountable to us because we’re not the ones supporting him financially,” said Jen San dler, 24, of Tucson, Ariz. “Ralph Nader clearly is not go ing to win so he can conduct his campaign according to his morals,” said Sandler, who also came to participate in protests against the Republican conven tion.
