So far in 2022, no hearings have been held on the case against the three FundaRedes activists, relatives of the director of this organization, Javier Tarazona, and lawyers affirm that there is no evidence in the file to justify their arrest or your pass to trial
This Monday, July 25, the hearing for the opening of the trial against the three activists of the FundaRedes organization was postponed once again, as announced by defense attorney Gonzalo Himiob.
The lawyer explained that José Rafael Tarazona and Omar García arrived at the Palace of Justice, against whom the process is being followed but they remain free, Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO who remains in detention, was also transferred, the defense arrived, the prosecution and the judge, which showed that the Court was “perfectly qualified” to initiate the process.
However, the authorities decided to postpone this hearing, which represents the beginning of a trial against the activists of FundaRedes, an NGO responsible for denouncing the human rights violations that occur in the city, for two weeks, next Monday, August 8. the border states of the country.
5Jul 2:37PM Although all parties were present, and it was even transferred @javiertarazona to the courts, it was ordered to postpone until August 8 the hearing for the opening of the trial against the activists of @FundaREDES_ pic.twitter.com/kZXvhH8gJN
— Gonzalo Himiob S. (@HimiobSantome) July 25, 2022
On July 4 from the organization FundaNetworks they denounced that the judgment that continues against the director of this NGO, Javier Tarazona, has been paralyzed for at least seven months, this given that no new hearings have been presented.
Last July 2 Tarazona fulfilled a year of what they consider to be his “unjust arbitrary detention after going to the headquarters of the Public Ministry of the state of Falcón to denounce that he and his work team were being harassed by officials from security agencies.” Due to the characteristics of his case, Javier Tarazona has been classified by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
His relatives and lawyers denounce procedural delay and violation of due process in the trial that also involves human rights defender Omar de Dios García, coordinator of FundaRedes in Falcón; and Rafael Tarazona, activist and brother of Javier Tarazona. The preliminary hearing, which must take place 45 days after the arrest, was postponed 13 times until December 9, 2021, when a trial was ordered, keeping the director of the organization in prison, while his brother and García They had received in October, after 116 days of detention, a precautionary measure of periodic presentation before the courts every eight days.
However, so far in 2022, no hearings have been held; His relatives and lawyers affirm that there is no evidence in the file to justify his arrest or his trial, which is why they delay the process, although they fear that if this attitude persists, his health will trigger a fatal episode because his condition has suffered a progressive deterioration.
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