The European Union highlights that the state of health of the activist Javier Tarazona is “fragile”. His trial has been paralyzed for eight months due to the continuous deferral or failure to call the hearings. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has denounced the use of anti-terrorist legislation to criminalize her work
The delegation of the European Union (EU) in Venezuela requested this Monday the 8th that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in charge of Michelle Bachelet, have access to the activist and director of Fundaredes, Javier Tarazona.
through the Twitter social networkthe EU highlighted that Tarazona has been imprisoned for more than 400 days for what they also called “respect for due process” in his case, taking into account his state of health.
After 400 days of his detention, the European Union ?? and its Member States present in #Venezuela We call for respect for due process in the case of J. Tarazona, we underline the fragile state of his health and we urge the authorities to allow access to @UNHumanRights #EU4HR
– European Union in Venezuela ???? (@UEenVenezuela) August 8, 2022
Recently, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet spoke about the FundaRedes case and asserted that “the use of anti-terrorist and anti-organized crime legislation against the legitimate work of human rights defenders continues to be of concern.”
This Monday the hearing for the opening of the trial against the brothers Javier and José Rafael Tarazona, in addition to the activist Omar de Dios García, was suspended, “after a proposal of an incident by the defense,” said lawyer Gonzalo Himiob. It was deferred to August 16.
#8Aug 5:30 PM After a statement of an incident by the defense, the hearing for the start of the trial of activists of @FundaREDES_. It will resume next Tuesday, August 16.
— Gonzalo Himiob S. (@HimiobSantome) August 8, 2022
The trial against him for the alleged crimes of conspiracy, treason and terrorism has been going on for eight months paralyzedas denounced by the NGO Fundaredes, due to the continuous deferral or failure to convene the hearings by the Third Court with Jurisdiction in Terrorism of Caracas.
Javier Tarazona was held since July 2, 2021 at the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin), in Caracas, after being detained along with his brother José Rafael Tarazona and the lawyer Omar de Dios García in the state of Falcón. without the mediation of arguments, procedural instruments or court order”, according to Fundaredes.
The three activists were arrested when they went to the office of the Public Ministry in Coro (Falcón) to report that they were being harassed and persecuted by police officials, Sebin agents and unidentified individuals. García and José Rafael Tarazona were later released and remain under the regime of presentation before courts.
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