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Socialistlemur's JournalVenezuela releases judge Afiuni from house arrest
Source: Associated Press
Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed a judge who was arrested in 2009 after late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings. Her case became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups.
Dozens of supporters met Maria Lourdes Afiuni outside the apartment building where she has been under house arrest with cries of freedom, as she walked to the street without handcuffs or police escort for the first time in three-and-a-half years.
Amid a few tears, she thanked the well-wishers for coming out, but declined to comment further since she is still under a gag order not to discuss her case publicly. Instead the judge, her daughter and her lawyers went to a church to pray.
Thelma Fernandez, an attorney for the 50-year-old magistrate widely considered Venezuelas most high-profile political prisoner, said a Caracas judge had released Afiuni from house arrest so she can seek treatment for health problems.
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