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In December 2009 three independent human rights experts of the [[United Nations]]' [[Working Group on Arbitrary Detention]] called for her immediate and unconditional release<ref>[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33273&Cr=judges&Cr1 Venezuelan leader violates independence of judiciary – UN rights experts]</ref><ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-venezuela17-2009dec17,0,7129748.story U.N. criticizes Venezuela's President Chavez for judge's arrest]</ref>. |
In December 2009 three independent human rights experts of the [[United Nations]]' [[Working Group on Arbitrary Detention]] called for her immediate and unconditional release<ref>[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33273&Cr=judges&Cr1 Venezuelan leader violates independence of judiciary – UN rights experts]</ref><ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-venezuela17-2009dec17,0,7129748.story U.N. criticizes Venezuela's President Chavez for judge's arrest]</ref>. |
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Maria Lourdes Afiuni was incarcerated on 17 December at the National Institute of Feminine Orientation, a prison for women on the outskirts of Caracas |
Maria Lourdes Afiuni was incarcerated on 17 December at the National Institute of Feminine Orientation, a prison for women on the outskirts of Caracas.<ref>''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', 29 December 2009, [http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091229-703067.html Venezuela Says Prison Conditions 'Adequate' For Jailed Judge]</ref><ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/12/18/pol_ava_nelson-afiuni:-mi-he_18A3209811.shtml Nelson Afiuni: Mi hermana es una de las jueces más correctas del Palacio de Justicia]</ref> According to her lawyer, she is imprisoned with inmates that she has sent there and her life could therefore be in danger.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091218-711861.html Venezuela Judge In Banker Case Being Held In Violent Prison]</ref> Afiuni's brother appealed to president Chavez for better treatment of his sister.<ref>[http://www.robertamsterdam.com/venezuela/2009/12/afiunis_brother_appeals_for_better_treatment_of_judge_afiuni.htm Afiuni's brother appeals for better treatment of his sister]</ref><ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/12/18/pol_ava_nelson-afiuni:-mi-he_18A3209811.shtml Nelson Afiuni: Mi hermana es una de las jueces más correctas del Palacio de Justicia]</ref> |
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Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni is a Venezuelan judge. She is 46 and has been eight years on the bench.
She was arrested in December 2009 after ordering the release of Eligio Cedeño, a banker who was arrested for illegal foreign exchange transactions but according to his lawyer was for political reasons. He was held in pre-trial detention for three years with repeated delays due to prosecutors failing to appear at hearings. Chavez called the judge a "bandit," applauded her arrest and said she should be put away in prison for 30 years[1]. The Caracas bar association said that the judge's decision to free Cedeño was in line with the law; the government said it was improper to release him without prosecutors present at the hearing.[2]
In December 2009 three independent human rights experts of the United Nations' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for her immediate and unconditional release[3][4].
Maria Lourdes Afiuni was incarcerated on 17 December at the National Institute of Feminine Orientation, a prison for women on the outskirts of Caracas.[5][6] According to her lawyer, she is imprisoned with inmates that she has sent there and her life could therefore be in danger.[7] Afiuni's brother appealed to president Chavez for better treatment of his sister.[8][9]
References
- ^ Venezuela's Chavez Criticized Over Hasty Arrest Of Judge
- ^ Venezuelan banker halted in Miami, seeks asylum
- ^ Venezuelan leader violates independence of judiciary – UN rights experts
- ^ U.N. criticizes Venezuela's President Chavez for judge's arrest
- ^ Wall Street Journal, 29 December 2009, Venezuela Says Prison Conditions 'Adequate' For Jailed Judge
- ^ Nelson Afiuni: Mi hermana es una de las jueces más correctas del Palacio de Justicia
- ^ Venezuela Judge In Banker Case Being Held In Violent Prison
- ^ Afiuni's brother appeals for better treatment of his sister
- ^ Nelson Afiuni: Mi hermana es una de las jueces más correctas del Palacio de Justicia