Prisoner still waiting for medical assistance



Luis Virgilio Martínez Barrientos is in El Caguayo Prison and suffers from AIDS. He is in critical condition and urgently needs to be transported to the hospital as he also has hepatitis C, liver infecion and other complications. He is 1,8 meter tall and weighs only 45 kg. He has already asked many times to be transported to the hospital and to meet the head of the prison - always without results. The court refused to grant him conditional release stating, that his health condition is optimal.


Rights Abused

Economic and Social Rights
Right to health
Right to social and medical assistance
Perpetrator
Prison system officers
QTGB/15