The human rights defender and director of the Citizen Control organization, Rocío San Miguel, He reflected this Monday on his imprisonment process in Venezuela and the learning derived from the loss of its fundamental guarantees.
“In prison I discovered a strength that I didn’t know I had. I learned to let go of what I You can’t control when they take away all your rights. and you don’t know if you’ll be able to see your family,” he said during an interview with journalist Shirley Varnagy on her radio show.
San Miguel detailed the experiences he faced throughout his detention and the impact that the judicial process had on his loved ones.
The activist described the moments of greatest pressure during the first phases of her imprisonment and the trial of her close circle. “The moment of greatest psychological violence was be presented along with my entire immediate family at the Dgcim facilities, facing uncertainty about my daughter’s fate at the end of the hearing,” he recalled.
Since his stay in the detention centers, the representative of Citizen Control He exposed the deficiencies he detected in the judicial apparatus and security agencies of the Venezuelan State.
“Having lived the system from the inside gave me greater sensitivity about the urgent changes required by intelligence bodies, military justice and penitentiary centers in Venezuela,” concluded Rocío San Miguel.
Likewise, the defender assumed a firm position regarding responsibilities for human rights violations and the continuity of her work in the public sphere. “I don’t feel guilty for what I experienced; it’s the perpetrator’s fault, not the victim. I reaffirm my conviction in the right to citizen oversight and in demanding that the State be accountable and respect the law,” he emphasized.
