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Government had not responded to the earlier communication dated 16 April 2014 and
stated that he was still awaiting a detailed response from the Government to the
allegations and questions raised (A/HRC/28/63/Add.1, paras. 554 -555).
6.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
7.
The case of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni Mora has been raised in each of my
previous reports since 2010 (A/HRC/14/19, para. 45-47, A/HRC/18/19, para. 87-90,
A/HRC/21/28, para. 68-69, A/HRC/24/29, para. 46-48 and A/HRC/27/38, para. 46).
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in its latest report again expressed its
concern over the continued detention under house arrest of Ms. Afiuni, which it
considers as a measure of reprisal against her for ordering the conditional release of
Mr. Eligio Cedeño after the WGAD in Opinion No. 10/2009 had considered his
detention arbitrary (A/HRC/30/36, para. 38). The Working Group reiterated its call on
the Government of Venezuela to release Ms. Afiuni and to provide her with effective
and adequate reparations (ibid.). In its concluding observations on the combined third
and fourth periodic reports of Venezuela, CAT regretted that no investigation had so
far been opened on the case of Judge Afiuni and stated that the Government should
without delay conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the allegations of
torture and ill-treatment, including sexual assault, of Ms. Afiuni during her detention
(CAT/C/VEN/CO/3-4, para. 16).
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