Photo: Página Siete [Newspaper].
2 December 2021
Ribera takes the Añez case to the World Congress of Law on democracy in Colombia
The daughter of former President Jeanine Añez will speak at the meeting about the “political persecution” in Bolivia and the situation of her mother as a “political prisoner.”
Carolina Ribera, daughter of former President Jeanine Añez, arrived in Barranquilla, Colombia, to participate in the World Congress on Law. The event has panels referring to democracy, human rights, and justice.
Ribera will present at the meeting on the “political persecution” in Bolivia and the situation of her mother as a “political prisoner,” she reported this Thursday.
“In this Congress of the World’s Jurists, issues of the rule of law, democracy, respect for due process, and human rights will be discussed. All these issues have robbed and violated [the rights of] my mother. I come to be her voice to ask for a fair trial and for the whole world to find out about my mother’s situation, I seize every opportunity and every location,” said Ribera in contact with Página Siete Digital.
Former Foreign Minister Karen Longaric, who was part of the transitional Government led by Añez, will also participate.
In the meeting, which consists of 49 panels, lawyers and personalities of international politics will give their presentations, such as Colombian President Iván Duque, King Felipe VI of Spain, the Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, and others.
The event takes place this Thursday and Friday and has the participation of more than 3,000 people who can also expose the problems that their countries are experiencing.
This is the case of Ribera, who will participate in two spaces [to present] her mother’s case.
A tweet published on the account of the former President, imprisoned since March of this year for the cases “coup d’État I” and “coup d’État II”, gives an account of that participation.
“Carolina is the voice of #JeanineAñez as a political prisoner since 13 March 2021. Thanks to the World Congress of Justice where she is exposing the situation of the illegality of her detention, the despicable accusation, and crying out for the injustice suffered by democratic Bolivia,” the text outlines.
For her part, Longaric will participate in the Human Rights and Justice panel.
The Venezuelan López, during his speech in a discussion published by NTN24, expressed his support for Carolina Ribera and the former Bolivian President.
The member of the European Parliament Hermann Tertsch also expressed his solidarity with this cause through a message on his social networks.
Source: https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/12/2/ribera-lleva-el-caso-anez-al-congreso-mundial-de-derecho-sobre-democracia-en-colombia-316955.html
