The Justice, Meeting and Forgiveness Organization urged the Venezuelan authorities to “end the criminalization of the union and trade union work”, as well as immediately and unconditionally release Nurse Yanny González, president of the Barinas Nursing College
The NGO Justice, Meeting and Forgiveness rejected the crimes charged with Yanny González, president of the Barinas State Nursing College, and pointed out that it is part of a context of criminalization of union and union leaders “for exercising their work or expressing criticism.”
González – from July 22 in Barinas – was charged at an audience via telematics on the night of August 4, said Ana Rosario Contreras, president of the Nursing College of the Capital District. The charges were not detailed.
For Oenegé, the arrest and subsequent imputation of charges against the nurse “generates alarm because the process was through a telematics audience, a procedure that seriously violates the right to due process and an effective defense.”
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«The case of Yanny González is not an isolated event. It is part of a worrying context in which union and union leaders of sectors such as health, education and public services face arrests and judicial processes questionable for exercising their work or expressing criticisms, ”he said justice, encounter and forgiveness in A message In social networks.
The organization urged Venezuelan authorities to “end the criminalization of union and union work”, immediately and unconditionally release the nurse, and “that fundamental rights are fully respected in all judicial processes.”
According to the records of the Criminal Forum, in Venezuela there are 807 political prisoners Until August 4, after counting 55 releases in a week. Most are men (712), in addition to 95 women. Four teenagers in Lara and La Guaira states are also behind bars. Of 44 people their whereabouts are unknown.
*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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