Amnesty International denounces that since his arrest in 2018, Benítez has been a victim of human rights violations, such as torture and inhuman conditions in prison
The Amnesty International (AI) organization asks for the release of the Emirlendris Benítez political dam, who this August 5 turns seven years in prison.
Benítez is held in the National Institute of Women’s Orientation (INOF), located in Los Teques, Miranda State. Amnesty International denounces that since his arrest in 2018, he has been a victim of human rights violations, such as torture and inhuman conditions in prison.
Today Emirlendris Benítez turns 7 in unfair prison
Since his arrest in 2018, he has been the victim of innumerable human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, torture and inhhuman detention conditions
It must be released pic.twitter.com/elCWQ4TP
– Amnesty. org (@amnistia) August 5, 2025
Benítez was arrested in a police alcabala at dawn on August 5, 2018. The merchant performed a taxi service with her partner, Yolmer Escalona, in Caracas. Both were accused of being involved in the attempt to assist Nicolás Maduro a few days before during a military activity on Bolívar Avenue, to the city center. This is the so -called “case of drones.”
She was sentenced to 30 years in prison in August 2022 by the First First Instance Court in Functions of Terrorism Judgment, by Hennit López Mesa. The sentence was ratified in April 2024 in the Court of Appeals, by Judge Katherine Harrintong.
In March, the Oenegé justice, encounter and forgiveness asked the authorities to guarantee access to relevant medical exams and the therapies that he needs “to prevent its health situation from getting worse further. Medical care must be provided without further delay ».
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