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Urgent Action Update: Detainee Held Incommunicado Again (Venezuela: UA 194.17)

September 5, 2017

After being disappeared for 23 days, Raúl Isaías Baduel is once again being held incommunicado at the National Intelligence Service facilities in Caracas, denied access to his family and lawyers. His family is concerned for his physical and mental integrity.

After being disappeared for 23 days, Raúl Isaías Baduel is once again being held incommunicado at the National Intelligence Service facilities in Caracas, denied access to his family and lawyers. His family is concerned for his physical and mental integrity. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Demanding the authorities immediately provide information on the physical and mental integrity of Raúl Isaías Baduel and ensure they are protected;
  • Demanding they immediately grant him free and private access to his family, and lawyers of his choosing;
  • Urging them to ensure full respect of Raúl Isaías Baduel’s rights, especially regarding right to due process.

Contact these two officials by 17 October, 2017:

Minister of the Interior and Justice Gen. (Ej.) Néstor Luis Reverol Torres Ministerio del Interior y Justicia Avenida Urdaneta Esquina de Platanal Edificio Interior y Justicia, Despacho del Ministro Caracas, Venezuela Fax: +58 212 506 1685 Salutation: Señor Ministro/Dear Minister

Charge d’Affaires Carlos J. Ron Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 1099 30th St. NW Washington DC 20007 Phone: 1 202 342 2214; Fax: 1 202 342 6820 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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