Activist charged with an offense of threats, 22.8.2013



Activist Adriana Núñez Pascual, who was detained for two months, ask for legal help due to her possible prosecution. After she has been released she thought it would have no legal significance, because no officer warned her to hire a lawyer. Now she is charged with an offense of threat and according to prosecutor's request demanded for two years and four months in prison.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Right to be informed of the reasons for one's detention, at the moment of detention, and to be noticed, without delay, of the accusations
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
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