The National Human Rights Coordinator He condemned the arrest, calling it “arbitrary” and “disproportionate use of force by the Police.”
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The Police arrested the candidate for deputy for the Venceremos alliance, Gahela Cari, when she expressed her rejection against José Jerí and the Congress in the main square of Lima. The event was recorded on video and the use of force against the trans activist is observed, who remains at the Monserrat police station without access to legal defense.
From the place where she remains detained, Gahela sent a letter in which she describes what happened as “retention and kidnapping.” In addition, he specified the circumstances.
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“Dozens of police officers came to arrest me for the simple fact of defending myself from the repression we received for rejecting Jerí and the congressional mafia that captures the institutions,” he said.
Likewise, he thanked the support received from friends and loved ones. “Thank you, colleagues, for being there. I listen to your harangues and your support strengthens me. I am beaten, but firm,” she noted.
National Human Rights Coordinator: “It is an arbitrary detention”
The National Human Rights Coordinator condemned the arrest, calling it “arbitrary” and a “disproportionate use of force by the Police.”
“We demand respect for due process and personal integrity. State action must comply with the law and human rights standards,” they indicated.
Meanwhile, lawyer Mar Pérez warned on her social networks that it was a “violent detention loaded with transphobia.” Likewise, he reported that the police station does not allow access to lawyers.
