The Governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay expressed this Thursday their deep concern about the detention of activist Rocío San Miguel and made a strong call to the Venezuelan authorities to release her.
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“The Governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay express their deep concern about the arbitrary detention of human rights activist Rocío San Miguel and make a strong call to the Venezuelan authorities to immediately release her and drop the charges made“, indicates a joint statement.
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Likewise, the five countries rejected the recent measures against the Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Venezuela and demanded full respect for human rights, the validity of the rule of law and the calling of elections ” transparent, free, democratic and competitive” without proscriptions of any kind.
The Venezuelan activist San Miguel, accused of her alleged connection with a conspiracy that included the assassination of President Nicolás Maduro, has been detained for six days this Thursday.a fact that was confirmed on Saturday, when NGOs and opposition parties denounced his “forced disappearance”, which has sparked massive rejection inside and outside the country.
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San Miguel – held in El Helicoide, headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) in Caracas – faces a judicial process for “treason to the country, conspiracy, terrorism and association”, according to the accusation of the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor's Office). ), which denies that a “forced disappearance” was involved in the arrest.
In addition to The activist, beneficiary of precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) since 2012, five of her family members and friends were also detained, including an ex-partner..
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On the other hand, the Government of Venezuela suspended this Thursday the activities of the office in Caracas of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN) considering that it has “instrumentalized” its work against the Executive.
EFE
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