A Peruvian court on Wednesday reversed the pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori and ordered him back to jail.

The decision came after the Peruvian government last December pardoned Fujimori on medical grounds, releasing him less than halfway through a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses.

Peru grants medical pardon for ex-leader Fujimori(Alberto Fujimori)

According to local media, Fujimori's lawyers will appeal the decision.

Fujimori, who was born in Peru to Japanese immigrants, was elected president in 1990. He was lauded for rebuilding the economy and suppressing leftist guerrilla uprisings.

He also led an armed operation to free hostages from the Tupac Amaru insurgency during a siege of the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Lima in 1996-1997.

In 2000, Fujimori fled to Japan, following a corruption allegation against his aide and was later dismissed as president by the Congress.

After traveling to Chile in 2005, he was extradited to Peru two years later and convicted of involvement in human rights atrocities that claimed the lives of civilians.