A/HRC/23/51 - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

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Date
Type
15/08/2011
JUA
09/12/2011
JUA
Case No
Country Mandate(s) Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> allegation transmitted Reply
BLR 9/2011
Belarus
VEN 3/2011
Venezuela
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
expression;
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
peaceful assembly
and <strong>of</strong> association;
Human rights
defenders;
Arbitrary
detention; Human
rights defenders;
Independence <strong>of</strong>
judges and
lawyers;
Alleged arrest and detention <strong>of</strong> human rights defender. According to <strong>the</strong>
information received, Mr. Bialatski, President <strong>of</strong> Human Rights Centre (<strong>HRC</strong>)
―Viasna‖ and Vice-President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International Federation <strong>of</strong> Human Rights
(FIDH), was arrested in Minsk‘s city centre by police representatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
Department <strong>of</strong> Financial Investigations. A search was conducted at his home by
police <strong>of</strong>ficers on 4 August 2011. On 5 August 2011, Mr. Bialatski was allegedly
transferred from a cell at <strong>the</strong> Financial Investigation Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State
Control Committee to <strong>the</strong> detention centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Interior.
Mr. Bialatski was allegedly detained for having failed to declare <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> a
private foreign account registered on his name. As a result, a tax evasion case was
allegedly opened against Mr. Bialatski According to <strong>the</strong> information received, <strong>the</strong>
purpose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foreign account was to receive donations registered on <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong>
Mr. Bialatski, to finance ―Viasna‘s‖ human rights activities. Mr. Ales Bialatski and
<strong>the</strong> <strong>HRC</strong> ―Viasna‖ have been <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> previous communications on 14 May
2009, 24 August 2009, 22 December 2010 and 1 June 2011. An urgent appeal
concerning Mr. Bialatski and <strong>the</strong> <strong>HRC</strong> ―Viasna‖ was also sent on 25 February
2011, see case no. BLR 2/2011, A/<strong>HRC</strong>/18/<strong>51</strong>.
Alegación de que la Fiscalía ha solicitado que se extienda la medida de privación
preventiva de libertad dictada contra la Jueza. Según las informaciones recibidas,
el 29 de noviembre de 2011, la Fiscalía habría solicitado al Tribunal 26º de Juicio
de Caracas que se extienda por dos años la medida de privación preventiva de
libertad dictada contra la Jueza María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, privada de libertad
desde el 10 de diciembre de 2009. La fiscal encargada del caso habría presentado
la petición debido a que el artículo 244 del Código Orgánico Procesal Penal
establece que una persona no puede estar detenida por más de dos años si no le ha
sido dictada sentencia condenatoria, a menos que el Ministerio Público pida una
prórroga cuando existan causas graves que lo justifiquen. Esta solicitud de la
Fiscalía se debería entonces al hecho que la jueza Afiuni habría debido salir libre
el 10 de diciembre de 2011 al cumplirse 2 años de su prisión preventiva sin
condena.
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