CARACAS. – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, demanded that the “immediate” liberation of the “immediate” liberation of activist Martha Lía Grajales, who was arrested during a demonstration in Caracas in support of the relatives of political prisoners.
This Monday, August 11, the United Nations Office said that the rights of Grajales “must be respected.” He advocated because he is allowed to contact his family and trusted lawyer.
After 72 hours of denial of information, the Public Ministry announced that the activist, of the Gum of Human Rights, was charged with the alleged commission of the Crimes of incitement to hate, conspiracy with foreign government and association.
“The little information provided by the Public Ministry through its Instagram account, occurs after the insistent complaints of their relatives, activists and non -governmental organizations (NGO) On the forced disappearance of Grajales, the refusal of the courts of Caracas to receive a habeas corpus in their favor and after the pronouncement of the United Nations High Commissioner, Volker Türk, “the organization denounced through its social networks.
The NGO stressed that the Public Ministry did not offer information about the site and imprisonment conditions of Martha Lía Grajales “and admits that he was denied the right to communicate with his relatives and be assisted by a trusted lawyer, violating article 44 of the Bolivarian Constitution of Venezuela, a practice that is part of the repertoire of abuse committed by the judicial authorities of the country.”
Hours later, the activist’s husband, Antonio González, said that the assigned public defender told him is being held at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB).
From Prova they pointed out that, in this case, there were irregularities and violations of due process admitted by the Public Ministry, while “The investigation, apprehension and imputation of Grajales They occurred expressly. “
Victim of aggressions
Prova recalled that the activist that Martha Lía Grajales was a victim, together with a large group of mothers of political prisoners, threats, physical aggressions and robbery, committed by paramilitary “collective” on August 5 against the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), related to Chavism.
“On Wednesday, August 6, Grajales went, accompanied by other victims, to different headquarters of the Public Ministry and the Corps of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC) in Caracas with the intention of formalizing the complaint for the aggressions suffered, but both agencies refused to receive the complaint. There was any investigation or order of apprehension against large Constitution? “The organization rebuked.
