| AI INDEX: AMR 53/007/2002 19 June 2002 |
PUBLIC AI Index:
AMR 53/007/2002
19 June 2002
Further information on UA 142/2002 (AMR 53/005/2002, 10 May 2002) - Fear for safety/ill treatment
VENEZUELA Luis
Martínez (m)
Marvin Rangel (m)
Maiker Enrique Duno (m)
Luis Martínez, Marvin Rangel and Maiker Enrique
Duno are well and the intimidation against them
appears to have stopped.
The three men had been detained without charge and
beaten by police on 30 April in the municipal of
Sucre. The police had threatened to kill them if
they reported what had happened and harassed them
following their release.
Fiorella Perrone from the Red de Apoyo por la
Justicia y la Paz, Support Network for Justice and
Peace, has sent a letter to Amnesty International,
in which she says the appeals sent in response to
the original urgent action were a decisive element
in resolving the situation.
No further action by the UA Network is requested.
Many thanks to all those who have sent appeals.