María Fernanda Rodríguez
María Fernanda Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, activist |
María Fernanda Rodríguez is a Venezuelan university professor and activist.
Career
Rodríguez is a member of Fundación Futuro Presente and the Lidera training program, as well as executive director of the non-governmental organization Sinergia and professor at the Metropolitan University of Venezuela in Caracas.[1]
Arrest
On 27 January 2023, during the visit to Venezuela of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, María Fernanda was detained by officers of the Scientific, Criminal and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC) at the Metropolitan University of Venezuela,[2][3][4] when she had arrived to teach.[3][5] The detention was denounced by non-governmental organizations such as PROVEA, Acceso a la Justicia, Centro de Justicia y Paz (Cepaz) and CIVILIS DDHH.[1][6][7] Rodríguez was released hours later.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Mozo Zambrano, Reynaldo (2023-01-27). "Quién es María Fernanda Rodríguez, detenida y liberada este 27 de enero". Efecto Cocuyo. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ Suarez, Enrique (2023-01-27). "María Fernanda Rodríguez, defensora de DDHH, fue liberada tras permanecer horas detenida #27Ene". El Impulso. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ a b "Denuncian la detención de la activista María Fernanda Rodríguez". El Diario de Guayana. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "En medio de la visita del Alto comisionado ONU-DDHH: Régimen de Maduro detiene a la defensora María Fernanda Rodríguez (Video)". La Patilla. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ a b Garcia, Bethania (2023-01-27). "Régimen libera a la defensora María Fernanda Rodríguez". EVTV. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "El régimen de Nicolás Maduro detuvo a una activista en medio de la visita del alto comisionado de la ONU para los DDHH". Infobae. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Defensora de DDHH María Fernanda Rodríguez fue liberada por el Cicpc". Tal Cual. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-27.