Inés Margarita González Árraga (31 January 1973) is a Venezuelan former political prisoner, currently living in exile.
Biography
González studied chemistry at the
University of Zulia
The University of Zulia (, also known as LUZ literally meaning "light" in Spanish), is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important universities of Venezuela. ...
, later completing a master's degree at the
Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research and a
PhD
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at the
University of Akron
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in the United States.
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
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(SEBIN) officers for posting messages on Twitter
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about the death of ruling party deputy Robert Serra. She was initially indicted on charges of instigating hatred, violent insult and insulting a public official.[ Her lawyer argued that this could not be an instance of violent insult, because in order to commit the offense she would have had to be in presence of the official, whereas her tweets were posted when Serra was already dead.][ Subsequently, the charges of violent insult and insulting a public official were withdrawn by the Venezuelan authorities.][
González was held in ]El Helicoide
El Helicoide is a building in Caracas, Venezuela owned by the Venezuelan government and used as a facility and prison for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEB ...
, headquarters of the SEBIN in Caracas
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, until 16 November 2015, when she was granted the humanitarian measure of house arrest by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice after being diagnosed with a parauterine tumor.[
On 27 September 2017 González fled Venezuela, saying that government officials wanted to jail her again. She currently resides in Spain.]
See also
* Cassandra case
* Detention of Olga Mata
* Political prisoners in Venezuela
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Arraga, Ines
1973 births
Living people
People from Maracaibo
University of Zulia alumni
Venezuelan exiles
Venezuelan people of Spanish descent
Venezuelan women
Political prisoners during the Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuelan prisoners and detainees