Special Report About Venezuelan Parliament Members Situation
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SPECIAL REPORT ABOUT VENEZUELAN PARLIAMENT M E M B E R S SITUATION (LEGISLATIVE PERIOD 2016-2021) Special Commission on Justice and Peace Sub-commission on Attention to Victims SPECIAL REPORT ABOUT VENEZUELAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS' SITUATION (LEGISLATIVE PERIOD 2016-2021) UNDER HARASSMENT OR AGGRESSION BY THE STATE OR ITS OPPRESSIVE AGENTS SUCH AS PARAMILITARY GROUPS MONDAY AUGUST THE 12TH, 8 PM. WRITTEN BY: DEPUTY DELSA SOLÓRZANO TECHNICAL TEAM: ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ UBIEDA JOSEFINA OCANTO ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ YVAN PIQUEL In the following pages, there is an account of the violations of the human rights of Venezuelan members of parliament during the current legislative period. Most of these have been timely reported to the Human Rights Committee for Parliament Members. These cases are related to: o Torture, abuse and other acts of violence o Threats and intimidating acts o Arbitrary and temporary arrests o Failing in procedural guarantees during the investigation stage o Arbitrary delay in judicial procedures o Violation of free speech and expression o Violation of free assembly and association o Violation of freedom of movement o Unlawful suspension or cancellation of the parliamentary term o Violation of parliamentary immunity o Other measures that prevent the execution of the parliamentary term o Other violations: the right to privacy o Persecution by paramilitary groups Within the description of each of these types of harassment, determined by the Interparliamentary Union, there is also the cancellation of passports or travel documents, attacks to the property of the parliament members and their relatives that carry out legal activities allowed by the Constitution of Venezuela, and family harassment. It is noteworthy to mention that data is presented in the order each case was reported and sent to the Interparliamentary Union, if it applied: Special Commission on Justice and Peace / Sub-commission on Attention to Victims Biagio Pilieri Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU There was a judicial process before being elected as Revision of the cases Member of Parliament in 2010, he was arrested and later current situation. released (2011). The process is still open. March 2017 Type of abuse and current situation There was a judicial process before being elected as Member of Parliament in 2010, he was arrested and later José Sánchez released (2011). The process is still open. When travelling Reported to the PIU Montiel to a ParlaSur meeting in Montevideo he was held in the Revision of the International Airport and his passport was taken away. On February 23rd, when he was on the road with other current situation.March deputies in San Antonio del Táchira, they were 2017 surrounded by paramilitary groups that fired at the car they were using which forced the deputies to look for shelter in a house in the area. A few days before the PHRC 19 -2019 issuing of this document, SEBIN officers went to the hotel where he was staying and asked for his registry information, they also inspected the room he had occupied. Hernán Claret Alemán Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU Richard Blanco Revision of the There was a judicial process before being elected as current situation.March Member of Parliament, the process is still open. 2017 Richard Blanco Reported to the PIU Type of abuse and current situation Revision of the situation March 2017 June Old judicial process and recent violation to parliamentary 29th 2017 July 17th 2017 immunity, with an arrest warrant. He is currently in exile. PHRC 12 2019 Special Commission on Justice and Peace / Sub-commission on Attention to Victims Julio Borges Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU Revision of the He has been subjected to physical abuse, persecution, abuse of current situation. March family context, the violation to his parliamentary immunity by 2017 unlawful forced entry and arrest warrant. PHRC 26 2017 He is currently exiled in Bogota, Colombia. PHRC 06 2018 PHRC 09 2018 Nora Bracho Reported to the PIU Type of abuse and current situation Revision of the She has been subjected to physical abuse and arbitrary arrest. current situation.March Together with Deputy Renzo Prieto, in April she was arrested 2017 for more than one hour, she was robbed and beaten by the July the 8th 2017 Bolivarian National Guard (GNB in Spanish) Ismael García Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU He has been subjected to physical abuse, persecution, abuse Reported on December of family context, the violation to his parliamentary immunity 11th 2014. by unlawful forced entry and arrest warrant. He is currently PHRC 01 2018 exiled. Type of abuse and current situation Physical abuse, persecution and passport cancellation. The Williams Dávila Reported to the PIU Deputy Has been a victim of threats and arbitrary arrests, and other various aggressions. The last days he has been abused Reported on January by the political police of the regime, and threatened by armed 12th2017 PHRC 12- paramilitary groups which support the regime. He has a 2018 PHRC 14-2019 precautionary measure of the IACHR. His son, appointed as PHRC 19 -2019 ambassador in Austria by President (interim) Juan Guaido, has also been subject of persecution and threats. On February 23rd the car that was taking him and other deputies in San Antonio del Táchira was profoundly requisitioned, the drivers were abused by GNB officers. Special Commission on Justice and Peace / Sub-commission on Attention to Victims Nirma Guarulla Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU The representative of Amazonas state, she has been a victim of Revision of the judicial harassment, they tried to cancel her term and prevent her from taking her seat in the National Assembly. She was the current situation. March 2017 object of serious and groundless allegations of fraud. Julio Ygarza Reported to the PIU Type of abuse and current situation Revision of the The representative of Amazonas state, he has been a victim of current situation...March judicial harassment, they tried to cancel his term and prevent 2017 him from taking her seat in the National Assembly. He was the object of serious and groundless allegations of fraud. Romel Guzamana Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU The representative of Amazonas state, he has been a victim of Revision of the judicial harassment, they tried to cancel his term and prevent current situation...March him from taking his seat in the National Assembly. He was the 2017 object of serious and groundless allegations of fraud. Type of abuse and current situation Mauligmer Baloa The representative of Amazonas state, she has been a victim of Reported to the PIU judicial harassment, they tried to cancel her term and prevent Addendum to the her from taking her seat in the National Assembly. She was the report object of serious and groundless allegations of fraud. He has PHRC 14 2019 been subjected to abuse of family context, she is today exiled. PHRC 18 2019 These last days her family has been abused by the political police of the regime. She was accused by Diosdado Cabello (CNA President) of participating in the alleged Coup d'etat on the 30th April 2019 and she was threatened with cancellation of her immunity. Special Commission on Justice and Peace / Sub-commission on Attention to Victims Type of abuse and current situation The representative of Amazonas state, she has been a victim of judicial harassment, they tried to cancel her term and prevent Rosa Petit her from taking her seat in the National Assembly. She was the object of serious and groundless allegations of fraud. In February, together with other deputies in Táchira, she was Reported to the PIU kidnapped for more than 3 hours and robbed by people Addendum to the report wearing military uniforms and balaclavas, when she was on PHRC 14 2019 her way to support the entrance of the humanitarian help. She PHRC 18 2019 has been threatened and attacked by paramilitary groups and her house was marked with paint to let others know it was a "target", she has also received death threats. She was accused by Diosdado Cabello (CNA President) of participating in the alleged Coup d'etat on the 30th April 2019 and she was threatened with cancellation of her immunity. Arnoldo Benítez Type of abuse and current situation Physical and verbal abuse, limitation of his freedom of speech. His radio show was closed. Rosmit Mantilla Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU He was a political prisoner, severely tortured. When he was Revision of the elected he was not allowed to immediately be released. When current he was released he was persecuted. He is currently exiled. situation...March 2017 Type of abuse and current situation He was a political prisoner, severely tortured. When he was Renzo Prieto elected he was not allowed to immediately be released. He Reported to the PIU occupies his seat today in the Assembly and he is a victim of persecution. Recently, together with deputy Solorzano, his life Revision of the was threatened by paramilitary groups. With deputy Nora current Bracho, in April he was arrested for more than 1 hour, he was situation...March robbed and beaten by GNB. These last days his house has 2017 been painted with threatening graffitis. Currently under harassment by the president of the CNA. Special Commission on Justice and Peace / Sub-commission on Attention to Victims Gilberto Sojo Reported to the PIU Type of abuse and current situation He was a political prisoner, severely tortured. When he was Revision of the elected he was not allowed to immediately be released. current situation...March 2017 Gilber Caro Type of abuse and current situation Reported to the PIU Reported on January He was a political prisoner after being elected as a deputy, 12th 2017 addendum with serious violations to due process of the law.