The human rights defender and president of the organization Control Ciudadano, Rocío San Miguel, was arrested on Friday, February 9, when she was trying to leave the country, they informed The National fountains near San Miguel.
The arrest of the security expert It is related to the investigations carried out by the government in relation to the cases of conspiracy denounced by Nicolás Maduro on January 15 in the presentation of memory and account in the National Assembly.
Due to these events, until January 24, there were 36 people detained and 22 requested by the Venezuelan justice system, according to the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab.
Likewise, among those accused by the government of being linked to these conspiracies is the journalist Sebastiana Barráez, an accusation that was rejected by the National College of Journalists.
The CNP denounced that this is “another serious attack on the right to freedom of expression, freedom of information and due process.”
In their opinion, some high-level officials of the Prosecutor’s Office and authorities of the Judicial Branch fail to comply with UN recommendations or protocols on refraining from continuing to execute mechanisms that violate freedom of expression and the duty to investigate crimes committed against journalists, union leaders. , students, politicians and human rights defenders.
The CNP repudiated the attempt to continue criminalizing reporters, journalists, press workers and human rights defenders, without knowledge or access to evidence, without respect for the exercise of the right to defense, the presumption of innocence, the right to appoint private defenders.
For their part, government authorities reported the expulsion of more than 30 soldiers from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, involved in these conspiracies, which included the attempted assassination of Nicolás Maduro.
The entry Denounced arrest of human rights defender Rocío San Miguel was first published in EL NACIONAL.