The relatives went to the headquarters of the Conas de San Felipe to request information on the reasons for the arrest of Pedro Hernández, but instead of obtaining the answers they were looking for they were arrested
The Vente Venezuela Human Rights Committee denounced on Thursday, September 18, the arrest of five members of the Hernández family in Yaracuy state.
This is the family of the activist and defender of Humanness Pedro Hernández, who was arrested last September 16 by officials of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in Aroa, Yaracuy State, and submitted to forced disappearance, according to the complaint of relatives and human rights organizations.
The next day, his relatives went to the headquarters of the Conas de San Felipe to request information on the reasons for the detention and its location, but instead of obtaining the answers they were looking for they were arrested.
The activist is co -founder of the Human Rights Center of the University of Yacambú, also participated in the NGO Vinotinto Movement as coordinator in the Lara state and is currently general director of the NGO Campo, which is dedicated to the promotion and defense of the human rights of peasants and people in rural areas.
On Wednesday, several non -governmental organizations They had denounced the arrest of the wife and dad; And this Thursday he met the arrest of two other family members.
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Pedro Hernández’s relatives who are detained are his father, Pedro Hernández Serrano; His wife, Natalia Álvarez; His brother, Daniel Enrique Hernández and his cousin, who was also a defense lawyer, José Hernández.
Vente Venezuela also denounced that the activist’s mother, who was in the car with the five -month -old baby while the rest of the family was looking for information, was threatened by officials.
«We alert the international community of this new application of the Sippenhaft method against five members of an innocent family, of which its whereabouts and physical integrity is unknown. We hold the regime prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, Diosdado Cabello and Nicolás Maduro for anything that may happen to them, ”Vente Venezuela wrote in X.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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