The Organization Prova recalled that habeas corpus “is a necessary and urgent action, especially in the face of arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances.” Human Rights Organizations require the immediate freedom of the activist
Representatives of the Organization of Human Rights emerging, accompanied by members of Prova brought on Saturday, August 9, a habit corpus appeal in favor of activist Martha Lía Grajales to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
Through social networks, both teams reported on the action against TSJ. They stressed that since the morning they hope to be treated.
«3 hours after having received the Habeas Corpus action document in the Documents Reception Unit of the Palace of Justice, officials do not yet give formal entry to the document, it is according to them in consultation. The reception of habeas corpus must be immediate », They wrote in x.
The Organization Prova recalled that habeas corpus “is a necessary and urgent action, especially in the face of arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances.”
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Prova explained that the reception and admission of the same is a right enshrined in article 27 of the Constitution and in articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Organic Law of Amparo to Freedom and Personal Security.
“The judicial authorities are obliged to comply with the provisions of the Constitution and the Law and guarantee the right to effective judicial protection.”
Grajales, who is part of the emergent organization, was arrested on the afternoon of this Friday, August 8 By members of the Bolivarian National Police (UNB), After participating in an activity in support of mothers of post -electoral political prisoners who were attacked in front of the Supreme Court of Justice.
Organizations and parties ask for their release
Human rights organizations and political parties expressed concern about the detention of the activist and demanded their release.
«Very worrying arbitrary detention of Martha Lía Gragales, defender of Humanness while participating in a mobilization of repudiation of violence against the Mothers Committee. Her whereabouts must be informed and she must be released, ”wrote Gina Romero, a UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Association and Assembly, in her Account in X.
From Amnesty International they condemned «The current attack against relatives and accompanying victims »and demanded information about the legal situation and the whereabouts of Grajales.
🚨 #Venezuela: Concern for the arrest of Martha Lía Grajales de @Surgentddhh reported by organizations in the country at the end of an act of solidarity in front of the @onuvenezuela. We demand its legal situation, whereabouts and its integrity, life and … pic.twitter.com/xo9ospvms
– Amnesty International Americas (@amnistiaonline) August 8, 2025
The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS)from Argentina, requested the liberation of the human rights defender Martha Lía Grajales and respect for her rights. The mothers of Plaza de Mayo also demanded that the Venezuelan authorities take the relevant measures for the activist to appear “healthy and save.”
The Communist Party of Venezuela requested the “appearance with life” of Grajales, as well as “the cessation of persecution and repression against those who defend human rights and fight for social justice.”
“The authoritarian turn of the administration of Nicolás Maduro has deepened: the dome of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has not only annulled the rule of law, but also aims to establish a generalized climate of terror to quell popular discontent,” he said.
Víctor Rago, rector of the Central University of Venezuela, said that the detention of the activist “violates the rule of law.” He urged the Maduro Administration to explain the reasons for the detention and guarantee due process.
Grajales was part of the Presidential Commission for Disarmament, served as Coordinator of the Chair of Human Rights of the National Experimental University of Security (UNES) and was a member of the support network for Justice and Peace and the founder of Surgents. Close to Chavismo, she has been a defender of communes and feminist movements. From the presidential elections of 2024 accompanies the Committee of Mothers in Defense of Truth in their struggle to achieve the liberation of the detainees.
With information from the EFE/El Nacional Agency
*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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