HAMBURG, Germany, July 2 (Reuter) - The German city state of
Hamburg said on Wednesday it wanted to ban political activity by
the international spokesman for the Marxist rebel group involved
in Peru's hostage crisis. 
     The Hamburg Senate said public statements made by Isaac
Velazco on behalf of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
rebels, who held hostages in the Japanese ambassador's home in
Lima for four months, had supported the use of violence to
achieve political goals. 
     Velazco, who lives in Hamburg, has four weeks in which to
appeal against the city's decision. 
     The German government asked Hamburg to end Velazco's
political activity in April after Peruvian troops stormed the
residence in Lima, freeing all but one of the 72 hostages and
killing all 14 MRTA rebels. 
     Bonn's move followed a Peruvian media report that the
Peruvian Foreign Ministry had asked Germany to cancel the
political asylum status granted to Velazco in 1993. 
     Velazco gave news conferences in several European cities and
issued regular statements on behalf of the MRTA during the
four-month siege. 
     He says he carries United Nations travel documents and is a
political exile from Peru.

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