National Police officers arrested Maria Teresa Gracias Rojas when she walked together with other Damas de Blanco to a Eucharist.
She was wildly sent to the police station, where she remained for several hours, and advised to give up with her political activism.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right to political participation
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
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
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Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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