Full Freedom Granted and Case Closed for María Lourdes Afiuni, Venezuelan Judge Whose Criminal Proceedings Lasted More than 16 Years
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By Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español. Venezuelan judicial authorities granted Judge María Lourdes Afiuni Mora, one of the longest-serving political prisoners of the Chavista regime, her full freedom and definitively closed her case, her family and legal representatives announced Friday. The case's closure comes after... The post Full freedom granted and case closed for María Lourdes Afiuni, Venezuelan judge whose criminal proceedings lasted more than…
María Lourdes Afuni in her home, while in house arrest, in January 2012 Getty Images via BBC The Venezuelan judge's family María Lourdes Afuni announced that the courts have definitively closed the case against her, for which she was arrested for almost a decade during the government of former President Hugo Chávez. "The family of Judge María Lourdes Afuni Mora welcomes the decision that definitively closes the case against her and gives her ful…
Archive photo 2013. EFE Political leaders and human rights defenders greeted the freedom of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni, considered a political prisoner of the late President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) and who was released yesterday after 16 years of deprivation of liberty for an adverse decision against Hugo Chávez The Venezuelan opposition leader and peace Nobel, María Corina Machado, celebrated that Afiuni, received full freedom on Friday and clo…
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Noticias ao MinutoThe announcement of the release occurred the following day to relatives and lawyers of the former judge to request that they be released to receive medical care.
The magistrate had been sentenced after a procedure called "arbitrary" by the UN after former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had publicly applied for thirty years in prison against her for releasing an anti-chavist banker accused of fraud.
He was recently discovered with three tumour injuries in different parts of his body.Hugo Chávez had asked that she be imprisoned 30 years after he gave bail to a banker.
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