32 factory, Productos Paraíso del Perú25; and the opening of a proceeding against him by the National Directorate of Fiscal Police on May 23, 199726; k) on May 23, 1997, the Armed Forces Joint Command issued official communiqué No. 002-97-CCFFAA, denouncing Mr. Ivcher for conducting a defamatory campaign of libel with the aim of slandering the Armed Forces27; l) the same day, May 23, 1997, the Peruvian Executive issued Supreme Decree No. 004-97-IN, which regulated Nationality Law No. 26574, and established the possibility of canceling the nationality of naturalized Peruvians28; m) this supreme decree was contested twice, by: m.1)j an action for amparo filed by Mr. Ivcher’s lawyer, in a brief of May 31, 1997, before the Public Law Chamber of first instance against the Ministry of the Interior, requesting that articles 12 and 15 of the Regulation to Nationality Law No. 26574 should be declared inapplicable29. This action for amparo was declared inadmissible on June 18, 1997; Mr. Ivcher appealed this decision30. The appeal was filed before the Temporary Commercial Public Law Chamber of second instance, which on November 7, 1997, declared the nullity of the preceding actions, owing to an error in the notification of the defendant31. Returned to 25 Cf. Videotape of the report by Frecuencia Latina-Channel 2’s program Contrapunto, recording the flight of the helicopters over the installations of Productos Paraíso del Peru; testimony of Luis Iberico Núñez before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; testimony of Baruch Ivcher Bronstein before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; testimony of Fernando Viaña Villa before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; testimony of Rosario Lam Torres before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; and Videotape entitled “El caso Ivcher-Canal 2”. 26 Cf. Videotape of the report by Frecuencia Latina-Channel 2’s program Contrapunto; order of April 16, 1997, where Baruch Ivcher Bronstein is summonsed as a witness; decision of May 16, 1997, where Baruch Ivcher Bronstein is denounced before the office of the sitting Provincial Criminal Attorney for committing a crime “Against the Administration of Justice”, against the State; decision of May 23, 1997, ordering a proceeding to be opened against Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, his appearance and a preventive embargo on his property; and Videotape entitled “El caso Ivcher-Canal 2”, containing the report broadcast by Contrapunto on the different acts of harassment against Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, the journalists and freedom of expression. 27 Cf. Official note No. 002-97-CCFFAA, issued on May 23, 1997, by the Armed Forces Joint Command; testimony of Luis Iberico Núñez before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; testimony of July Sotelo Casanova before the Inter-American Court on November 20, 2000; Videotape entitled “El caso Ivcher-Canal 2”; and several newspaper articles 28 29 1997. 30 Cf. Supreme Decree No. 004-97-IN, of May 23, 1997. Cf. Application for amparo filed before the Public Law Chamber by Baruch Ivcher on May 31, Cf. Order No. 7 issued by the Public Law Court of June 18, 1997. 31 Cf. Order of the First Temporary Commercial Public Law Chamber of November 7, 1997, in case No. 1279-97.