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Venezuela\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ucv.ve\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/documentos\/ley_de_universidades.pdf\u0022\u003EUniversities\u2019 Law\u003C\/a\u003E only allows security forces to enter the campuses to stop the commission of a crime or implement court rulings. Security forces have also detained many students in response to anti-government protests in which university students have actively participated.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 16, eight official motorcycles carrying members of the National Guard \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guayanaweb.ucab.edu.ve\/noticias-reader-guayana-actual\/items\/comunicado-ante-violacion-del-recinto-universitario.html\u0022\u003Eentered\u003C\/a\u003E the Andr\u00e9s Bello Catholic University (UCAB) campus in Puerto Ordaz, Guayana, and detained Nelson Nava, a student, for reasons that are unclear. They later detained Marcos Valverde, a journalist and university professor, outside the campus when he tried to mediate with the officers. Both men were taken to Bolivarian National Guard headquarters, according to press \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/CorreodelCaroni\/status\/864530895474130946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0026amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.el-nacional.com%2Fnoticias%2Fpresos-politicos%2Fgnb-detuvo-periodista-estudiante-ucab-guayana_182502\u0022\u003Ereports\u003C\/a\u003E. Valverde said he was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elucabista.com\/2017\/05\/19\/habla-marcos-valverde-profesor-detenido-ucab-guayana\/\u0022\u003Ereleased\u003C\/a\u003E after several hours, while Nava was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elucabista.com\/2017\/05\/19\/liberados-dos-ucabistas-guayana-caracas\/\u0022\u003Echarged\u003C\/a\u003E with public incitement to commit crimes, and released on conditional liberty.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUCAB-Guayana authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guayanaweb.ucab.edu.ve\/noticias-reader-guayana-actual\/items\/comunicado-del-consejo-de-extension-de-ucab-guayana.html\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E two other students were arbitrarily detained on May 17 when they were heading to the university and released after several hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 1, security forces used force to disperse a demonstration near the UCAB-Guayana campus, according to press \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.el-nacional.com\/noticias\/protestas\/estudiantes-fueron-detenidos-durante-represion-ucab-guayana_185499\u0022\u003Ereports\u003C\/a\u003E. Ten students were detained, university authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guayanaweb.ucab.edu.ve\/noticias-reader-guayana-actual\/items\/ucab-exige-liberacion-de-ucabistas-1285.html\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. The students were \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elucabista.com\/2017\/06\/05\/liberados-los-ucabistas-detenidos\/\u0022\u003Echarged\u003C\/a\u003E with public incitement to commit crimes and released on June 4 on conditional liberty.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 15, security forces detained another six students during a peaceful anti-government protest, UCAB-Guayana university authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guayanaweb.ucab.edu.ve\/noticias-reader-guayana-actual\/items\/ucab-exige-liberacion-de-ucabistas-1285.html\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. On June 18, a judge ordered the detention of these students, together with five others detained that day, despite the fact that the prosecutor had \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezemonsalve\/status\/876551904351985665\u0022\u003Erequested\u003C\/a\u003E their release on conditional liberty, their lawyer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezemonsalve\/status\/876586153000022016\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. Their families have been unable to visit them, a local newspaper \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/correodelcaroni.com\/index.php\/politica\/item\/57052-niegan-visita-familiar-a-estudiantes-detenidos-en-el-dorado-por-proceso-de-adaptacion\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E. They remain in prison.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 22, members of \u003Cem\u003Ecolectivos\u003C\/em\u003E and security force personnel\u2014including the Bolivarian National Police, the Bolivarian National Guard, and state police\u2014entered the Sucre campus of Oriente University. Members of the \u003Cem\u003Ecolectivos\u003C\/em\u003E destroyed classrooms and detained seven students, whom they then handed over to security forces, the university dean \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www3.udo.edu.ve\/index.php\/scroll-noticias\/4825-comunicado-del-decanato-del-nucleo-de-sucre-ya-basta-de-tanta-violacion-al-recinto-universitario\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. The students were charged with crimes including public incitement to commit crimes and violent damages to property, and released on conditional liberty, according to press \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.entornointeligente.com\/articulo\/10184548\/Estudiantes-de-la-UDOSucre-liberados-bajo-regimen-de-presentacion\u0022\u003Eaccounts\u003C\/a\u003E. One of the conditions for their release was that they don\u2019t participate in public demonstrations. The \u003Cem\u003Ecolectivos\u003C\/em\u003E have staged similar incursions onto UDO campuses in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.el-nacional.com\/noticias\/sucesos\/gnb-colectivos-armados-agredieron-estudiantes-udo_182974\u0022\u003ECuman\u00e1\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.elcorreodelorinoco.com\/represion-en-ciudad-bolivar-decanato-udo\/\u0022\u003ECiudad Bolivar\u003C\/a\u003E in previous weeks, according to press reports.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 29, members of the Bolivarian National Police \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.caracaschronicles.com\/2017\/07\/04\/unequally-repressed-why-usb-students-walk-while-upel-kids-rot-in-jail\/\u0022\u003Edetained\u003C\/a\u003E at least 20 students, most from the University Simon Bolivar, when they were participating in an anti-government protest in Caracas. After the case garnered a lot of attention in Venezuela, the students were brought before a judge\u2014the prosecutor did not bring any charges and the judge released them, a lawyer with the Venezuelan Penal Forum, which collaborated in their defense, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/alfredoromero\/status\/881611049136476160\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt 6 a.m. on July 2, security forces entered the campus of the Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University (\u003Cem\u003EUniversidad Pedag\u00f3gica Experimental Libertador, \u003C\/em\u003EUPEL), beat students and private security guards, and detained students without having an arrest warrant, the university dean \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.upel.edu.ve\/images\/pdf\/comunicado2017.pdf\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. A military court \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWH8Xzoj0ph\/\u0022\u003Echarged\u003C\/a\u003E a total of 27 detainees with instigating rebellion and other crimes during a hearing that lasted all night and finished at 7 a.m. on July 4. The 22 men were sent to prison, while the five women were sent to house arrest. Family members were unable to visit the detainees in prison, a local news outlet \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.correodelcaroni.com\/index.php\/politica\/item\/57459-dictadura-niega-a-familiares-visita-a-estudiantes-de-la-upel-presos-en-el-dorado\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__306705__en","data":"","settings":null}]