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in public discussion about her reproductive health with social media users. 1413 On 16
November 2015, Mr. Saab announced via Twitter Ms. González’ release on humanitarian
grounds.1414 She was released with precautionary measures later that day.
726. In 2017, as demonstrations were increasing, Ms. González began receiving threats on
Twitter from anonymous accounts saying she would be detained again. She left Venezuela
and resettled in Spain.
Pedro Jaimes Criollo (2018)
727. Pedro Jaimes Criollo, born in 1965, is a flight enthusiast who as a child wanted to be
a pilot. He administered the Twitter accounts @AereoMeteo and @AereoMeteo2, from
which he disseminated open source meteorological and aeronautical information as a hobby.
Mr. Jaimes also posted information about protests and demonstrations.
728. On 3 May 2018, Mr. Jaimes tweeted1415 the flight path of one of the presidential
aircrafts, FAV0001,1416 taking President Maduro to a ceremony in Aragua.1417 Mr. Jaimes
screenshot the flight path of the aircraft and published it on Twitter with text indicating the
date and time.1418
729. Information about the models of the Venezuelan presidential airplanes was publicly
available on Wikipedia.1419 With that information, Mr. Jaimes regularly tracked flights using
FlightRadar24, a publicly available website providing real time access to aircraft locations
and flight paths.1420 There is no law in Venezuela that establishes that flight information is
confidential.
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https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646353258055888897;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646354331164348416;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646355737715830784;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646356618700062721;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646357181818929153;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646398161964138496;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/646362008716201985.
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/666350308692500480;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/666350688646119424;
https://twitter.com/TarekWiliamSaab/status/666352082363006976.
Screenshot of tweet available here, as posted by TeleSur international correspondent on 13 May
2018: https://twitter.com/madeleintlSUR/status/995664028130332678/photo/3.
Information about this aircraft is publicly available on Wikipedia:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Airbus_A319-100CJ_Venezuela_Government_0001__MSN_1468_(8128587420).jpg
Ministry of Economy and Finance, “Maduro declara 1 millón de jóvenes incorporados al Plan
Chamba Juvenil”, 3 May 2018, http://www.mppef.gob.ve/maduro-declara-1-millon-de-jovenesincorporados-al-plan-chamba-juvenil/.
The screenshots are consistent with FlightRadar24’s format when set to “Radar (blue)” mode.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporte_aéreo_de_jefes_de_Estado#Venezuela.
FlightRadar24 and other similar websites are populated with automatic dependent surveillancebroadcast (ADS-B) data transmitted from aircraft equipped with ADS-B transponders. ADS-Bequipped aircraft automatically broadcast unencrypted data, increasing the visibility and traceability
of aircrafts to improve safety. ADS-B technology is different from radar, as it does not require active
interrogation from or communication with another unit. Government, commercial and military
aircraft around the world transmit ADS-B data, which is published online. In March 2020, for
example, FlightRadar24 published real time flightpaths of approximately 180,000 aircraft per day.
Pilots may disable this data transmission if required for secret or sensitive flights. However, it
generally remains functional during normal operations (including military operations), and as such,
flights are regularly tracked and flight paths are posted online. For example, Air Force One, the
aircraft that carries the President of the United States, transmits this data, which is regularly tracked
and published. Flight enthusiasts and journalists use this publicly available information and post flight
paths of official aircraft worldwide. FlightRadar24 and other commercial sites will block the
publishing of information about specific aircrafts on request. A Government or other aircraft owner
could submit a request to the website to cease publication of its movements; the aircraft and its
movement would then not appear. See, for example, the following Twitter accounts that post the
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