A court in Peru has granted parole for a second time to an American woman imprisoned for aiding a left-wing rebel group.
Lori Berenson had served 15 years of a 20-year sentence when she was freed on parole in May.But she was returned to jail in August on a technicality.
She has apologised for working with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and has denied having been a member or taking part in "violent acts".
The 40-year-old show no emotion as the court ruled she should be freed.
As part of its insurgency, the Tupac Amaru robbed banks, kidnapped and killed a number of people in the 1980s and 90s.
The Marxist group was active at the same time as the Shining Path guerrillas, who unleashed a brutal civil conflict in which nearly 70,000 people were killed.
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