A/HRC/45/CRP.11 562. On 11 and 16 April 2018, defence counsel filed habeas corpus motions in response to the non-execution of the release orders.1158 The Fortieth Court of Control of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Caracas Metropolitan Area admitted the motion and ordered SEBIN to provide the court information about the release of Mr. Hinds and Ms. Chacón within 24 hours. SEBIN refused to receive these orders as well. The Eleventh Court of Control requested information from the presiding judge of the case. Judge Pérez responded, detailing SEBIN’s refusal to accept his release orders.1159 563. On 11 May 2018, the bailiff service coordinator filed a letter before the judge stating that he had attempted to deliver the latest release order to SEBIN, but the official refused to receive it. He stated, “He did not have authorization from his immediate superior to receive any communications, until he received orders from the director of that national security body”.1160 The judge again ratified his order and still SEBIN did not release Mr. Hinds and Ms. Chacón.1161 564. On 11 May 2018 rights organizations raised the case of Ms. Chacón and Mr. Hinds during the 168th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Representatives of the IACHR requested further information from Venezuelan authorities. 1162 565. On 23 May 2018, Attorney General Tarek William Saab appeared in a televised interview with journalist Vladimir Villegas. Mr. Villegas questioned Mr. Saab about SEBIN’s refusal to release Ms. Chacón, Mr. Hinds and others. Mr. Saab did not address the issue directly, but committed to resolving irregularities.1163 Mr. Saab conceded that incommunicado detention was unacceptable and recommended that a complaints be raised with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.1164 566. On 31 May 2018, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and COFAVIC presented Ms. Chacón and Mr. Hinds’ case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.1165 567. Due to Mr. Hinds’ dual nationality, SEBIN permitted Barbadian ambassador Her Excellency Ms. Sandra Phillips, to visit him on one occasion. Mr. Hinds met the ambassador at the entrance; she did not see the conditions of his cell. Only after this visit did Mr. Hinds begin receiving the items his mother had been taking to El Helicoide.1166 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 Habeas corpus motion, 16 April 2018, Criminal File No. 31C-20.426-18 Act 392-18 from Judge Perez to Eleventh Tribunal, 13 April 2018, responding to request for information related to Mr. Hinds habeas corpus filing, on file with Mission. Act No S/N, Bailiff Service, 11 May 2018, on file with the Mission. Act 453-18 from Judge Perez to the Director of SEBIN, 14 May 2018, on file with the Mission. YouTube Video, CIDH, Venezuela periodistas y medios de comunicación, 11 May 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTnVO2Pm_-Q&feature=youtu.be Efecto Cucuyo, Saab promete resolver casos de detenidos en El Helicoide con boletas de excarcelación, 23 May 2020, available at: https://efectococuyo.com/sucesos/saab-promete-resolvercasos-de-detenidos-en-el-helicoide-con-boletas-de-excarcelacion/; YouTube Video, Sucreranda Hugo Chavez Venezuela, Tarek William Saab en Vladimir a la 1. Banesco y victoria de Maduro en Elecciones 2018. Venezuela, 23 May 2018, minute 00:10:03, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlIqBep5toU&feature=youtu.be YouTube Video, Sucreranda Hugo Chávez Venezuela, Tarek William Saab en Vladimir a la 1. Banesco y victoria de Maduro en Elecciones 2018. Venezuela, 23 May 2018, minute 13:00, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlIqBep5toU&feature=youtu.be OMCT and COFAVIC, Venezuela: Joint Press Release: Cases of arbitrary detention of Gregory Hinds and Geraldine Chacón presented to the UN, 31 May 2018, available at: https://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/venezuela/2018/05/d24903/ See, for example: Curacao Chronicle, Family distraught as Barbadian citizen detained in Venezuela since January, 3 April 2018, available at: https://curacaochronicle.com/region/family-distraught-asbarbadian-citizen-detained-in-venezuela-since-january/; La Patilla, Escalan caso de preso político Gregory Hinds a instancias gubernamentales de Barbados, 17 April 2018, available at: https://www.lapatilla.com/2018/04/17/escalan-caso-de-preso-politico-gregory-hinds-a-instanciasgubernamentales-de-barbados/. 129