The Ibero-American Commission on Human Rights for the Development of the Americas (CIDHDPA) through its Ibero-American Council and in the voice of its Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez Yáñez, rejects the arbitrary detention of Fernando Hamdan, president of the CIDHPDA Bolivia and demands that the government of Luis Alberto Arce Catacora provide the necessary guarantees based on international public law and international treaties that the Bolivian State has signed and ratified with the International System of the United Nations and the inter-American system of the Organization of American States.
Fernando Hamdan was arrested early this morning in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and transferred to the city of La Paz. This was confirmed by lawyer Jorge Valda, who stated that he is being sought to be linked to the case of the failed military coup of June 26th. He also indicated that he will give more details of the arrest in a press conference. So far it is known that Hamdan is being held at the Crime Fighting Force (Felcc), in La Paz.
The Attorney General's Office joined the criminal proceedings initiated by the Public Prosecutor's Office and announced the expansion of the list of crimes committed by approximately 24 people, who now face charges of terrorism, armed uprisings against the security and sovereignty of the State, attacks against the security of the President and other State dignitaries, destruction or deterioration of State property and national wealth, and improper use of public goods and services.
We demand the Bolivian Government the immediate release of our commissioner and ratify our commitment to the Defense, Protection and Promotion of Human Rights. Our organization does NOT belong to any social or political movement that damages the social stability of the countries where we are represented.
We deeply regret that humanitarian organizations such as ours seek to link it with activities that destabilize the BOLIVIAN State. The Defense and Protection of Human Rights that we promote is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 of the United Nations (UN) and the American Convention of the Pact of San José of 1969 of the Organization of American States (OAS).
We dissociate ourselves from any misuse that has been given to our representation in the Republic of Bolivia.