American Prisoner Wages Hunger Strike

An American serving a life sentence for treason in Peru has gone on a hunger strike to protest her conviction and imprisonment, her family said. Lori Berenson, a New York native, was convicted by a secret military court in 1996 for helping Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement rebels plan a thwarted attack on Peru’s Congress. Berenson is being held in Socabaya prison, 465 miles southeast of Lima, the capital. Mark Berenson said his daughter began her hunger strike Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of her conviction.