The NGO Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy denounced that the young people “were being assisted by the public defense”, without allowing them to appoint their private lawyers. Ana Leonor Acosta went to court to be sworn in as a defender
This Friday night, the lawyer and human rights defender Ana Leonor Acosta, reported that the four young people detained by the Chacao police last Tuesday, June 7, when they commemorated the five years since the murder of Neomar Lander, were released under measures substitutes for freedom.
Dr. Ana Leonor Acosta reported that the 4 young people detained last Tuesday in #Chacao: Luis Martínez, Argelia Rovaina, Carlos Maneiro and Jholbert Godoy will be released under alternative measures issued by the 1st Control Court of Caracas.
— Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy (@Coalicion_ddhh) June 10, 2022
At approximately 6:00 pm this Friday, the judicial process began against Carlos Maneiro, Luis Martínez, Argelia Rovaina and Jholbert Godoy.
The four young men were introduced preliminarily before the court during the night of Thursday, June 9, surprisingly, after more than 48 hours without knowing the whereabouts, accused of the crimes “incitement to hatred, criminal association and obstruction of public roads.” However, the hearing was deferred.
The NGO Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy denounced that the young people “were being assisted by the public defense”, without allowing them to appoint their private lawyers.
However, Ana Leonor Acosta went to court to be sworn in as a defender of the four young people, however, in court “they told me I had to wait.”
Dr. Ana Leonor Acosta reported that she went to court to announce that she would be sworn in as a defender of the 4 young people detained in #Chacao and in court they told him he had to wait.
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— Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy (@Coalicion_ddhh) June 10, 2022
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This Thursday, relatives of the four activists of the Voluntad Popular (VP) party who had been missing since June 7, filed a complaint for forced disappearance with the Public Ministry.
Enelida Rangel, mother of Luis Martínez filed the complaint with the General Directorate for the Protection of Human Rights of the Prosecutor’s Office, assisted by the lawyer Ana Leonor Acosta.
“I go before the competent authority, in order to report the forced disappearance of my son and the young men Carlos Maneiro, Jholbert Godoy and Argenis Rovaina, who were removed from a transport unit on June 7, approximately at 12 noon, by members of the Municipal Police of Chacao and taken to the headquarters of that police body, as was known through social networks. Being the case, that since that day I do not know the whereabouts of my son, ”said the document.
In the complaint they emphasize that when they go to the Chacao Municipal Police to know the state of the young people, they did not want to give them any information. Also at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim) they were denied that the young people were there.
“Given the lack of attention and information regarding the status of the disappeared youth, and fear for their physical integrity and for the lives of these young people, I filed a habeas corpus in court,” said the mother.
Finally, Mrs. Enelida Rangel emphasizes that what happened with her son and his companions “constitutes serious violations of human rights,” for which she went to that office to “carry out the necessary actions to guarantee the right to life, to personal integrity and the personal liberty of these young people and the pertinent investigations into this forced disappearance.”
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