Keiko Fujimori, daughter of Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori, cries as she speaks with reporters (Martin Mejia/AP)

The high court in its 224-page decision said the pardon was unlawful because Fujimori’s crimes are considered crimes against humanity, and therefore cannot be pardoned under Peruvian and international law. Former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned Fujimori on humanitarian grounds last Christmas Eve in what was widely seen as an attempt to stave off impeachment by courting favour with Fujimori’s allies in Congress. News cameras waited outside the sprawling house in Lima where Fujimori has been living since becoming a free man, less than halfway into a 25-year sentence for commanding death squads that massacred civilians under his 1990-2000 right-wing government. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Alberto Fujimori (pictured in March 2018) was pardoned less than a year ago

A court in Peru has reversed a pardon granted to the country's ex-president, Alberto Fujimori.
A Peruvian court reverses the pardon granted to former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and orders that Fujimori must be returned to prison.