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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Cidh) issued precautionary measures this Wednesday in favor of opposition leader Juan Guaniba Villalobos, considering that his rights to life and personal integrity face irreparable damage in Venezuela.
The 59-year-old lawyer and leader of the Primero Justicia party has denounced several arrest attempts against him at protests he has participated in since the July 28 presidential election.
According to the requesting party, Guaniba “has been subject to intimidation, harassment and attacks since at least 2016.” Last August, he was harassed at least twice by agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEPIN) after he spoke out in favor of Edmundo González Urrutia, who is in exile in Spain.
Also, several members of the leader's family were allegedly harassed. On September 26, Guaniba's brother was detained without formal explanation of the reasons for his arrest. His whereabouts are unknown.
In a statement, the IACHR asked Chavismo to take the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of Guaniba, the former First Vice-President of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament).
The autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS) specifically requested that its agents “respect the rights and personal integrity” of the opposition leader, in accordance with the standards established by international human rights law, in relation to acts of risk attributed to third parties.
Guanypa is one of the members of the Venezuelan opposition, leader María Corina Machado, who have had to abandon street demonstrations against the regime and even abandon their homes, in her case, Julia (Northwest) for fear of reprisals. , the border with Colombia), as he told EFE in a recent interview.
At least 157 opposition politicians and social activists are currently detained in Venezuela, according to the human rights group Vente Venezuela (VV).
With information from EFE
