A/HRC/45/CRP.11 • Inés González (Twitter: @inesitaterrible), a chemist and professor, was detained without a warrant by SEBIN in Maracaibo on 4 October 2014, for publishing derogatory comments about Mr. Serra after his death.1359 • Abraham David Muñoz (Twitter: @abrahamdz), an 18-year-old Twitter user, was detained without a warrant in Morón, Carabobo by SEBIN on 4 October 2014 for tweeting, “Robert Serra is dead, aha. When will it be Diosdado and Jorge Rodríguez?” Muñoz was transferred to SEBIN El Helicoide in Caracas on 4 October, and was released with precautionary measures on 5 February 2015.1360 • Lessi Marcano (Twitter: @Hiipolita and @LessiMarcano), an architect who published psychic predictions and religious messages, was detained by SEBIN in Caracas on 14 October 2014, after having tweeted predictions that the National Assembly would be in mourning one week prior to Mr. Serra’s death. • Ginette Hernández (administrator at Twitter: @Hiipolita), Mr. Marcano’s niece and an E! Entertainment Television employee, was detained from her office without a warrant by SEBIN on the same day as her uncle.1361 She also pleaded guilty to lesser charges, receiving a one year and three month sentence.1362 • Daniely Benítez (Twitter: @pretinha76), a musician and classmate of Ginette Hernandez, was detained on suspicion of being la “Negra Hipólita”. She was arrested on 14 October 2014 when, according to media reports, around 50 SEBIN officers raided her home, without presenting search or arrest warrants. 1363 She was released with precautionary measures at her initial appearance on 17 October 2014. The case was dismissed in June 2015 and all charges dropped.1364 • Víctor Ugas (Twitter: @VictorUgas) was detained on 13 October 2014 by SEBIN in Carupano, Sucre.1365 He was charged with improper disclosure of data and digital espionage1366 after publishing leaked photographs of Mr. Serra’s body in the mortuary.1367 He was not released until 23 December 2017, despite having served his 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 Mission Interview with Inés González in June 2020. These crimes are foreseen in Criminal Code, arts. 222, 223, and 285. Information provided by Espacio Publico in August 2020. Mission Interview with Lessi Marcano on 30 June 2020; La Patilla, SEBIN detiene a “vidente” que predijo luto en la AN, 16 October 2014, available at: https://www.lapatilla.com/2014/10/16/sebindetiene-a-vidente-que-predijo-luto-en-la-an/. Mission Interview C2EE25 in August 2020. Global Voices, Venezuela: 140 caracteres que llevan a la cárcel, 6 October 2015, available at: https://es.globalvoices.org/2015/10/06/venezuela-140-caracteres-que-llevan-a-la-carcel/. The witnesses interviewed by the Mission stated that officers believed Daniely Benítez to be involved because she is an Afro-descendent woman, and the Negra Hipólita Twitter account featured the image of a black woman as its profile. She was the only Afro-descendent woman arrested; however, Ms. Benítez was later released and all charges against her dismissed. Mission Interview C2EE12 in June 2020; Mission Interview C2EE08 in May 2020; RunRun.es, @Conatel elaboró informes para el @SEBIN_OFICIAL sobre tuiteros detenidos, 3 July 2015, available at: https://runrun.es/investigacion/210909/conatel-elaboro-informes-para-el-sebin_oficial-sobre-tuiterosdetenidos/. The Hundred Fifty-Third Prosecutor and the Ninth Prosecutor’s Offices in Caracas led this case, according to information shared in the media. Runrun.es, Liberan al tuitero Victor Ugas, acusado por publicar foto del cadáver del diputado Robert Serra, 9 July 2015, available at: https://runrun.es/nacional/211951/liberan-al-tuitero-victor-ugas-acusado-por-publicar-foto-delcadaver-del-diputado-robert-serra/. Special Law on Cyber Crimes, published in Official Gazette No. 37,313, 30 October 2001, arts. 11 and 22. Infobae, Por esta nota, el gobierno de Venezuela censuró a Infobae, 10 October 2014, available at: https://www.infobae.com/2014/10/10/1600825-escandalo-venezuela-filtran-fotos-del-cadaver-robertserra/ 151