The Súmate civil association reiterated that Nélida Sánchez, national coordinator, is innocent of all the crimes of which the government accuses her, including terrorism and incitement to hatred. She recalled that this November 3 she will be detained for 70 days
The civil association Súmate requested the release of its national Training coordinator, Nélida Sánchez, after having been “unjustly detained” 70 days ago.
Súmate made the exhortation in the afternoon hours of this Sunday, November 3. In his X account he stated that Sánchez, whom the government accuses of terrorism, incitement to hatred, conspiracy, treason and criminal association, is innocent.
«Our coordinator (…) has dedicated a large part of her life to the promotion of human rights (…). Today, Sunday, she has been detained for 70 days and separated from her family, being innocent,” said the organization, which maintains that Sánchez was arrested “without prior summons or arrest warrant.”
On October 6, Súmate asked the State to guarantee “a fair trial” and the “right to defense” for Sánchez, detained on August 26 by agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin), according to the NGO.
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Likewise, he recalled that on September 6, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the OAS granted precautionary measures in favor of Sánchez, considering that he “finds himself in a situation of seriousness and urgency of risk of irreparable damage to his rights in Venezuela.
The arrest of the coordinator occurred in a context of political crisis after the controversial re-election of Nicolás Maduro in the presidential elections on July 28, a period in which the largest opposition coalition, which denounces electoral “fraud”, has warned about the increase of “persecution” and “repression” by the Government.
On October 20, Súmate demanded Sánchez’s release. He argued that on October 13, 45 continuous days passed since the presentation hearing before the Third Control Court with jurisdiction in Terrorism and his indictment were held, but the Prosecutor’s Office did not present any conclusive act in this period established in article 236. of the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure (COPP).
Súmate cited the COPP to clarify that the law establishes that “if the judge agrees to maintain the measure of preventive judicial deprivation of liberty during the preparatory phase, the prosecutor must present the accusation, request the dismissal or, where appropriate, archive the proceedings, within forty-five days following the judicial decision. Once this period has expired without the prosecutor having presented the accusation, the detainee will be released, by decision of the control judge, who may impose a substitute precautionary measure.
In a statement, he denounced the “opacity with which the administration of justice has carried out this case, since neither the control judge, nor the prosecutor’s office, nor the public defense have really informed his relatives about the actions they have undertaken. in previous periods established in this same criminal legislation, in order to guarantee the constitutional right to due process.”
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