María Fernanda Rodríguez is a
Venezuelan
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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
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.
Arrest
On 27 January 2023, during the visit to Venezuela of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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,
Volker Turk, María Fernanda was detained by officers of the
Scientific, Criminal and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC) at the Metropolitan University of Venezuela,
when she had arrived to teach.
The detention was denounced by non-governmental organizations such as
PROVEA,
Acceso a la Justicia,
Centro de Justicia y Paz (Cepaz) and CIVILIS DDHH.
Rodríguez was released hours later.
See also
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Anti-Solidarity Law
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Political prisoners in Venezuela
References
Political prisoners during the Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuelan women activists
Venezuelan women educators
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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