The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, requested this Thursday that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issue precautionary measures in favor of the former president Pedro Castillo, in Peru.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Petro requested – specifically – to apply the American Convention on Human Rights.
"I request the @CIDH apply the American Convention on Human Rights and issue precautionary measures in favor of the president of Peru Pedro Castillo. The right to elect and be elected and to have an independent judging court have been violated," Petro wrote on the social network.
According to Sputnik, The Colombian president assured that, in Peru, the right to elect and be elected has been violated, as well as to have an independent court for a trial.
For this reason, he called on this body of the Organization of American States (OAS) to take action on the matter.
It should be remembered that this measure is a protection mechanism of the IACHR through which the body requests a State to protect one or more people who are in a serious and urgent situation of suffering irreparable damage.
This mechanism can be requested by any person or organization.
Pedro Castillo applied for asylum in Mexico
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed that the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, formally requested political asylum from Mexico through the embassy of said country in Lima.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Ebrard pointed out the ambassador of Mexico, in Peru; Pablo Monroy; He held a meeting with the former president in the prison where he is being held, the same one where Alberto Fujimori is.
At that meeting, the former president formally requested asylum.
