A/HRC/45/CRP.11 Ms. Padilla, alleging the military crimes of treason1700 and inciting military rebellion.1701 Neither Ms. Granadillo nor Ms. Padilla were aware of the warrant.1702 971. On 22 June 2018, Ms. Granadillo and her parents left Venezuela for Colombia. On 23 June at Peracal, near the Colombian border, CICPC officers boarded the bus to check IDs. They asked Ms. Granadillo to exit the bus and told her she was under arrest on a warrant issued by a military tribunal in Caracas.1703 Ms Granadillo’s parents continued to cross the border.1704 972. Ms. Granadillo was held for around three days in Peracal in a cell measuring around one square metre. She was presented before a tribunal in San Cristóbal, complying with legal requisites, before being transferred onwards to Caracas.1705 973. On 24 June 2018, Douglas Rico, the CICPC Director, published news of Ms. Granadillo’s arrest alongside her photo and charge of military rebellion on his Instagram 1706 and Twitter1707 accounts. The information and her photo were widely shared on social media. 974. CICPC officers transferred Ms. Granadillo with other prisoners from station to station across Venezuela over the next few days, en route to Caracas. She was spent time in CICPC stations in Táchira, Zulia, Mérida, Barinas, Cojedes, Yaracuy, Portuguesa, and Barquisimeto, arriving at a CICPC base in El Rosal in Caracas on 29 June 2018.1708 She often did not receive food or access to a shower. While in Mérida, Ms. Granadillo was held with around 30 female detainees in a small cell without beds. The commissioner threatened to deprive her of food for a week as punishment for her and her family.1709 975. On 29 June 2018, Ms. Granadillo’s sister filed a petition to the Public Prosecutor’s Office on Fundamental Rights requesting guarantees for her safety and integrity. 1710 976. On 3 July 2018, Ms. Granadillo was presented again at a military tribunal in Fort Tiuna. Judge Colonel José Rafael Mejía López authorized Ms. Granadillo’s release from custody with precautionary measures including weekly presentation at court. 1711 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 Article 464.25: “Attempt to change the republican form of the nation through violent means” alongside Article 467: “Anyone who knows that the crime of treason shall be committed, and has not complied with Article 170, shall be sentenced as if he has committed the crime”; Article 170: “All persons must denounce the preparation or commission of military crimes of which they have knowledge to the military, police or judicial authorities”. Article 481: “Incitement to rebellion shall be punished with five to ten years prison and expulsion from the armed forces for officers and classes; four to eight years for individuals in troops or marines”. The Mission did not have access to the documentation leading to this warrant, due to limited mobility of legal counsel during the Covid-19 restrictions. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Sorbay Padilla on 22 June 2020. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020; Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo on 9 June 2020. Mission Interview with Argenis Granadillo on 9 June 2020. https://twitter.com/alfredoromero/status/1012386334579855360. Instagram photo since deleted, previously available here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bka74scBFvT/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1qmup8i5k232a ; Information from the Instagram post was screenshot and shared on Twitter via DolarToday reporter Jesús Medina: https://twitter.com/jesusmedinae/status/1010992635920703494?s=21. https://twitter.com/DouglasRicoVzla/status/1010983833687162885. NTN24, Estudiante Ariana Granadillo es recluida en el Cicpc en Caracas, 30 June 2018, available at: https://www.ntn24.com/america-latina/venezuela/estudiante-ariana-granadillo-es-recluida-en-elcicpc-en-caracas-92182. Mission Interview with Ariana Granadillo on 18 May 2020. The Mission did not have access to this filing due to limited mobility of legal counsel during the Covid-19 restrictions. However, it is referenced by the legal counsel of her sister in a video available here: https://twitter.com/alfredoromero/status/1012765727261102081. The Mission did not have access to the act of initial appearance due to limited mobility of legal counsel during the Covid-19 restrictions. Decision referenced in referenced in S.I.I.P.O.L. Exclusion Request CJPM-TM2oC-057-2018, 3 July 2018; https://twitter.com/ntn24ve/status/1014395886431072258?lang=es 191